“Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” Jesus asks his closest friends this very important question. He wants to know how the crowds are receiving and understanding… Read More

St. Paul wrote, “Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer” (Rom 12:12). As we saw in my last column, God does not always answer our prayers, at least… Read More

This Sunday’s parable of the sower and the seed begs the question: Why does this fellow waste so much seed? He recklessly throws seed by handfuls on the path, among… Read More

We’ve been discussing the Catechism’s teaching on personal prayer, most recently the objections to and difficulties people have in prayer. In today’s column, we consider why so many prayers seem… Read More

BY DENISE BOSSERT I’m middle-aged. I am tempted by so many things in this phase of life. That surprises me a little. I think about getting a neck lift to… Read More

The feast we celebrate this Sunday – Corpus Christi, or the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ – is an ancient one, originating in 1264. The… Read More

Last issue, we returned to my series on prayer in the Catechism, focusing on fighting the temptations that would keep us from establishing a prayer habit. Today we’ll look at… Read More

In the first centuries of Christianity, the church suffered continual persecution as both the Jewish and Roman authorities tried to suppress the preaching of the apostles and the very name… Read More

Before the pandemic hit, I was writing a series about the Catechism’s teaching on prayer. I’m returning to that today, but skipping ahead to a section that may be particularly… Read More

The Fourth Sunday of Easter is unofficially called Good Shepherd Sunday. Each year we hear readings that open us to the image of Christ as our Shepherd. This image, given… Read More

No one’s life is normal right now. Kids are home from school. Parents are working from home. Groceries are being delivered, and even public liturgies are canceled. Add to that… Read More

Like most of the rest of the world, my husband and I spent the Triduum hunched over my little laptop streaming Holy Week services. And while, for once in my… Read More