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Reflect There are people who carry heavy suffering without an audience. Their pain is hidden, unspoken, and easily overlooked. God sees what remains unseen to
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.
When I take the time to remember where I am, who is with me, and what is around me, I come to my senses.
Reflect Why is it that a perceived failure makes us short and rude with others? Pray Gracious God, You never leave us without your grace. It is
Q: I am a big supporter of Glenn Beck and all the work he is doing to save the country. On one of his programs, he was discussing social justice, which is Marxism, and how the government is trying to absorb the churches to run them as everything else—as the Communists do. He said there is a part of our Church that is tied into Marxism. What is it and how can we stop it?
I have encountered people who don’t recognize their physical and emotional pain because they’ve never had the opportunity to experience it deeply.
Reflect Sometimes, for whatever reason, life can seem pretty dark. It can almost feel as if it is enveloping you. But in those times, we
The Gospel of Mary is one of many Scriptures that was not accepted by the Church for inclusion in the New Testament.
Reflect Letting go of what is familiar can feel like losing our footing. We remember the old paths because they feel safe and known. But
Call it tribalism, but I’ve always cast a skeptical eye on the Dominicans ever since I learned about their role in the Inquisition. Do you have any advice for thinking about historical misdeeds?
