Honoring Mary in Your Garden

Vincenzina Krymow May 11, 2020

Devotion to the Blessed Virgin can be on full display in our backyard oases.

Falling in Love With Christ

Ronald D. Witherup, SS May 11, 2020

Most people do fall in love at one time or another. By way of analogy, I suggest that falling in love is a good way to describe the apostle Paul’s experience of faith.

The Life and Legacy of Edith Stein

John Feister May 11, 2020

Edith Stein hardly seemed Catholic-saint material. She, a precocious Jewish child, rejected God as a teen at the turn of this century in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland). But even as a child Edith was, at heart, a radical.

Sharing the Word for May 11, 2020 – Fifth Week of Easter – Year 2

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk May 11, 2020

There is no point in our striving to attain power and glory for ourselves. All blessing that might come to us comes from God.

Forgiveness Heals a Wounded Heart

Lucy Fuchs, PhD May 10, 2020

Forgiveness makes reconciliation possible.

Angels All around Us

Laura Stanko Britto May 10, 2020

My experience with Michael—and others who have touched my life—seems as though God sent my guardian angel in human form. Reflecting on how God has entered my life through “angels,” I realized that my prayer also led me to ponder ways in which God called me to be one for others.

St. Francis’ Style of Prayer

Ilia Delio, OSF May 10, 2020

Prayer is about God and our relationship to God. How we understand God’s relationship to us is very important. If I use distant and remote language to speak of God, then I will imagine that God is distant and remote.

Statue of Saint Paul outside the Vatican

Saint Paul and Women: A Mixed Record

Barbara Leonhard, OSF May 10, 2020

Two biblical sources give us glimpses of Paul in relation to women: Saint Paul’s own letters and the Acts of the Apostles. As a means of discovering Paul’s thinking, the letters are, of course, the primary source.

Saint Francis and the Crib

Murray Bodo, OFM May 10, 2020

Christmas was 15 days away. Saint Francis was staying at a hermitage at Fonte Columbo.

Understanding the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick

Fr. Don Miller, OFM May 10, 2020

The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick used to be called “the Last Rites” or “Extreme Unction” because the usual recipient was a dying person. Many Catholics still carry cards or wear medals so that, if they are in an accident, a priest is called to administer the sacrament.