
St. Joseph: Ordinary Man, Extraordinary Love
In this Year of St. Joseph, it’s good to remember him was a real man who experienced all the ups and downs that go with those roles.
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In this Year of St. Joseph, it’s good to remember him was a real man who experienced all the ups and downs that go with those roles.

Pope Francis’ letter explaining why he was restricting the use of the pre-Vatican II Mass “fearlessly hits the nail on the head: the TLM (Traditional Latin Mass) movement has hijacked the initiatives of St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI to its own ends,” said Archbishop J. Augustine Di Noia.

Once the weather gets nice, there’s not a day that goes by when our street isn’t filled with kids. We live on a cul-de-sac and our circle is the playground for the entire neighborhood. It is also the gathering place for the moms.

As the nation’ celebrates its independence on the Fourth of July, Americans should recall the country’s “other founding” by the missionaries who, beginning in the 1500s, came to proclaim “the love of Jesus Christ to Indigenous peoples,” said Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez.

Despite physical and mental problems that led to his death a few years later, Louis Martin did nothing to discourage his daughter Thérèse’s vocation.

We are all called to reverence Saints Peter and Paul and to respect the talents of all our brothers and sisters in Christ.

The best way to think of heaven is not the abode of God, but our union with God.

This week’s Gospel reminds us that great things can come from the smallest of beginnings.

In our loud and busy world, praying and contemplation offer a wonderful respite.

Tending to our spiritual needs brings all the facets of our being into harmony.