Our Lord also told His disciples, “Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple […]
If most people were asked when Jesus’ hour of glory began, they would probably say Easter morning. But according to the Evangelist John, the hour […]
Much of Lent is focused on Baptism, where our love affair with the Triune God had its beginning. The baptismal font, however, leads inexorably to […]
The Holy Father’s condemnation of those “who twist reality and invent stories for their own benefit, without concern for the good name of others” is […]
For what does He thirst? Surely not for the narcotic mentioned in Mark 15:36. No, Jesus thirsts for more important things, but the Cross separates […]
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Why evil? Why suffering? Why death? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does God seem so far removed from it all? […]
“St. Athanasius calls Easter ‘the Great Sunday’ and the Eastern Churches call Holy Week ‘the Great Week.’ The mystery of the Resurrection, in which Christ […]
Preachers who suggest that Dismas (as tradition speaks of him) “stole heaven” do not do justice to the gratuity of salvation. For in a sense, […]
What does it take to forgive? A unique mental attitude is required at the natural level; only an infusion of divine grace can elevate that […]
We moderns smile condescendingly on the ancients for their worship of false gods. Yet our age has fashioned gods every bit as foolish and ineffectual […]
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