How to Unbecome

Natalie Ryan April 12, 2023

Reflect Our life’s pilgrimage can get muddied rather easily with expectations, opinions, and norms of society. St. Francis is a great example of how to

A painting of the burial of Christ that was restored by Greek art restorer Zarifis Zarifopoulos is seen in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City of Jerusalem, March 10, 2023. (OSV News photo/Debbie Hill)

Meet the artist who brings icons back to life in Jerusalem

OSV News April 10, 2023

The first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Israel had just been declared in March 2020 when icon restorer Zarifis Zarifopoulos removed his shoes and placed a sturdy carton covering atop the traditional tomb of Jesus.

On Fear

Richard B. Patterson, PhD April 10, 2023

Reflect Jesus talked a great deal about fear. Knowing our human condition, he knew how sneaky fear can be, burrowing into our psyches and spirits

Will We Recognize Him?

Daniel Imwalle April 9, 2023

Reflect Today, as we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection and the promise it holds for us as followers of his way, may we also remember that two

Reach Out with Hope

Richard B. Patterson, PhD April 7, 2023

Reflect St. Dismas is my favorite saint. Tradition tells us that he is the man known as The Good Thief whose story come to us

Washing of Feet

Colleen Arnold, MD April 6, 2023

Reflect At the Last Supper, Jesus washed his apostles’ feet—even those of Judas, his betrayer. Pray Dear Jesus,I want to love and forgive as you

Divine Thumbprints All Around

Stephen Copeland April 3, 2023

Reflect St. Bonaventure believed that there were “vestiges,” or, divine thumbprints, throughout the created order. God created the universe, and therefore the world in which