October 2022

The Audacity of the Saints

St. Therese of Lisieux October 11, 2022

You love St. Augustine, St. Magdalene, these souls to whom “many sins were forgiven because they loved much.” I love them too, I love their repentance, and especially…their loving audacity!

If I Truly Believe

Colleen Arnold, MD October 11, 2022

If I truly believe in the good news of the gospel, why am I not bursting to tell the world about it? Why am I not overflowing with joy that explodes into my daily life?

Etienne: Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons ‘are of grave concern’

OSV News October 11, 2022

Seattle Archbishop Paul D. Etienne said Oct. 7 he is "increasingly troubled" by Russia's war against Ukraine and said Russian President Vladimir Putin's "irresponsible threats" to use nuclear weapons "are of grave concern."

Saint John XXIII

Franciscan Media October 11

A shy, retiring man, Cardinal Angelo Roncalli became our beloved Pope Saint John XXIII. Perhaps the greatest irony was that his fellow Cardinals elected him as a stop-gap pope to give them time to get the politics ironed out for ...

Surviving Stormy Seas

St. Therese of Lisieux October 10, 2022

The way of simple love and confidence is really made for you.

An Endless Buffet

Albert Haase, OFM October 10, 2022

Though I might think myself far from gluttony’s traditional bountiful banquet, it’s squeezing me tightly whenever I have a driven need or insatiable appetite for any activity—be it feast, famine, exercise, or dressing up.