How Can Anyone Pray ‘Always’?
Richard Rohr, OFM
June 11, 2020
Prayer is saying “yes” to the paschal mystery at work in all things.
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Returning to the Catholic Church
Barbara Beckwith
June 11, 2020
Whenever a lost sheep returns to the fold, there is much rejoicing in heaven. But when the president of the Evangelical Theological Society returns to the Catholic Church, shouts can be heard throughout the universe.
Saint Junípero Serra’s Camino
Stephen J. Binz
June 1, 2020
Pilgrimages may seem out of reach. California’s 21 missions bring this holy journey close to home.
Prayers for the Dying: A Meditation for Lent
Jim Van Vurst, OFM
May 31, 2020
For me, visiting a dying person is a special, graced-filled moment because I am so much aware of the loving care the Church gives to one about to enter eternity.
10 Influential Catholics
Christopher M. Bellitto, PhD
May 30, 2020
In celebration of their holiness, virtue, and influence, here is a Top Ten list of saints who substantially shaped the face of the Catholic Church.
The Symbolism of Incense
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 24, 2020
Would you explain why the priest uses incense at Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and other ceremonies?
Franciscan Respite for Refugees
Toni Cashnelli
May 21, 2020
The scene is repeated again and again as immigrants walk off a minibus and into the parish hall of a Franciscan church in McAllen, Texas. The moving gesture from greeters is a response to a modern-day exodus that began in Central America in 2014.
Franciscan Inspirations: St. Joseph
Jim Van Vurst, OFM
May 20, 2020
Next to Mary, the mother of Jesus, there was no one closer to Jesus than Joseph, the spouse of Mary and the carpenter of Nazareth.
St. Anthony of Padua: His Beginnings
Jack Wintz, OFM
May 19, 2020
Anthony was born in 1195 (13 years after St. Francis) in Lisbon, Portugal, at the mouth of the Tagus River, from which explorers would later sail across the Atlantic.
When Did Jesus become a Catholic?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 19, 2020
Q: A few years ago, I overheard a Catholic woman ask her friend, “When did Jesus become a Catholic?” A few of us laughed but did try to explain that Jesus was the Christ. He was born Jewish and died Jewish.
One of my Jewish friends asked me, “When did Jesus become a Christian?” Soon after that, a relative asked me, “Well, when did he become a Catholic?” Please address these questions in your column.
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