COMMENTARY

Start small like God loves to do

How often do you think about how small you are?


Caring for Mom as she cared for me

There is a particularly unexpected twist in the saga of many families when the child suddenly starts acting the parent and the parent resembles the child.

Our heart is stronger than our wounds

Ten years before his death in 1996, Henri Nouwen was beset by a depression that nearly broke him.

We find God, healing in the mystery of creation

There may come a time when a sense of depletion, and doubt about how to move forward, overtakes us.

In times of trouble, church turns to prayer with Mary, theologian says

"Mary knows what suffering is," and just as she was at the foot of Christ's cross, "she is at the foot of the many crosses other people bear...

The quest to be 'somebody' online forgets who we really are

What does it really mean to be "somebody"?

Father Koch: Jesus is the vine and we are the branches

What do we value more? Being in community or independence?

In times of worry, Jesus offers the best advice

When I was a little girl, my dad would tell me, ...

The grace to bloom where we're planted

Lou Gehrig Day will be a special one for two groups of people: 

Father Koch: The Lord sends us shepherds to point us to the Good Shepherd

The Fourth Sunday of Easter is “Good Shepherd Sunday.” 

Sharing abundantly

Every morning, my daughter Rose and I share a pack of Belvita breakfast cookies.

Father Koch: Easter brings new possibilities for encountering the Lord

On the Second Sunday of Lent, Peter, James and John were forced to contemplate “what rising from the dead might mean.”

Taking tension out of the community

Central to our understanding of how we are saved by Jesus is a truth expressed by the phrase: ...

St. Joseph opens our eyes

On Dec. 8, 2020, Pope Francis declared the entire upcoming year to be the Year of St. Joseph.


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