March 12, 2025

Jesus on a cross | Photo by Rui Silva sj on Unsplash

Embracing Good Friday

Every year there’s a new surprise.

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Statue of Jesus with opened arms

Jesus: Our Source of Healing, Wholeness, and Love

Jesus extends God’s compassion to each of us.
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Secular Franciscans

My Parents, the Secular Franciscans

Here is a story close to my heart about two Secular Franciscans. When I was about 10 years old, my mother and father, devout Catholics who sought a deeper and more intimate spiritual experience than just their parish life, began ...
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A Rohingya girl feeds a child from a jar with the USAID logo on it, at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Feb. 11, 2025.

4 in 5 USAID projects now canceled, with State Department overseeing the rest

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said March 10 that just 18% of programs of the now-shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development will remain intact, and those will now fall under his purview at the State Department.
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hands, open and submissive in prayer

Desire the Will of God

In reciting the Hail Mary throughout the rosary, we participate over and over again the wonder-filled response of Gabriel and Elizabeth to the mystery of Christ.
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Lent with Padre Pio: First Wednesday

Throughout his life, Padre Pio offered himself as a sacrifice. He was willing to take on physical sufferings in order to save the souls of others.
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