Praying My Way through Dementia
Gloria Hutchinson
February 26, 2020
As she faces daily torments of dementia, this author finds strength and peace in prayer.
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Why Bother with Confession?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
February 26, 2020
When I became a Catholic at the age of 20, I loved the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Now, more than 40 years later, my behavior is morally acceptable, but I am tortured interiorly by inappropriate thoughts, lacking focus and concentration. While polite and kind outwardly, I get irked or offended by others’ behavior. I am impatient, judging inwardly in my mind.
Jesus’ Forgotten Commandment: Forgive Yourself
Richard B. Patterson, PhD
February 25, 2020
The key to loving your neighbor is learning how to love yourself.
Love Letters From God
Daniel P. Horan, Phd
February 14, 2020
Viewing Scripture as “love letters from God” causes us to pause and reconsider the significance of the Bible in our personal and communal lives of faith.
St. Francis and the Taming of the Wolf
Murray Bodo, OFM
February 6, 2020
This beloved story of Francis and the wolf has a lot to teach us about peacemaking in our own times.
Justice within God’s Kingdom
David Dault, PhD
February 5, 2020
In his book The Foundations of Christian Faith, theologian Karl Rahner asks us to think about a man engaged in the simple act of buying a banana at the grocery store.
Will I See My Pet in Heaven?
Jack Wintz, OFM
February 4, 2020
The creation story of Genesis suggests that God’s care and love extend to all creatures.
Straight Talk about Suicide
John Feister
February 4, 2020
For too long, suicide has been shrouded in darkness. Father Ronald Rolheiser, OMI, wants to bring this tragedy out of the shadows of shame and into the light of God’s healing love.
St. Maximilian Kolbe: Franciscan Martyr
Robert Ellsberg
January 29, 2020
On July 30, 1941, a prisoner escaped from Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi camp in Poland…
St. Peter’s Chair: Why a Celebration?
Fr. Don Miller, OFM
January 29, 2020
Did you ever celebrate a chair? Probably not, but we are not totally unfamiliar with the idea of a chair as a stand-in for its occupants, as well as for their role.