Dressing up for Ordinary TimeLucia A. Silecchia
For better or worse, my childhood days were lived before the age of the digital camera. So, I have shelves full of photo albums that tell the stories of my life. As is likely the case for many, Halloween ...
Why did God send Lucifer down to earth?Jenna Marie Cooper
Q: Why did God send Lucifer down to earth to live and rule amongst his beloved creations? (New Jersey) A: I don't think we can say that God truly sent the devil -- also known as Lucifer, or later as ...
ReadersFather Robert M. O'Grady
''Sacred scripture is of the greatest importance in the celebration of the liturgy. For it is from scripture that lessons are read and explained in the homily, and psalms are sung; the prayers, ...
World Mission Sunday: A Universal Day of Celebration!Maureen Crowley Heil
Because our Church is universal, Mass is celebrated in many different dialects every day. When you consider the message spoken around our altars, it becomes apparent that we speak a common language -- ...
What God has joinedScott Hahn
In today's Gospel, the Pharisees try to trap Jesus with a trick question. The "lawfulness" of divorce in Israel was never an issue. Moses had long ago allowed it (see Deuteronomy 24:1-4). But Jesus ...
Scripture Reflection for Oct. 6, 2024, Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary TimeFather Joshua J. Whitfield
Gn 2:18-24 Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 Heb 2:9-11 Mk 10:2-16 or 10:2-12 As Eve to Adam in the purity of Eden, as bride to groom in the joy of a wedding: it is a primeval holiness, the holiness of a woman ...
Make everything a sacrifice to sanctify the worldDr. R. Jared Staudt
"Make everything you can a sacrifice." -- The Angel of Portugal to the three Fatima children Sacrifice stands before us as the hidden key to life. The word itself may sound frightening, conjuring ...
Why do Catholics emphasize the body more than the blood of Jesus in Communion reception?Jenna Marie Cooper
Q: I've often wondered why Catholics emphasize the Eucharist more than the wine, as the wine is not offered at Communion time. Jesus said to do both in remembrance of him. Isn't it wrong to not receive ...
Praise the Lord -- and forget the ammunitionJaymie Stuart Wolfe
Election year language often involves mudslinging, name-calling, taunts, and insinuations. We say we want our politicians to tell us their policies and proposals. We complain that they hardly ever articulate ...
ServersFather Robert M. O'Grady
More than most teams of liturgical ministers, altar servers come in all sizes and characteristics. Short and tall, narrow and wide, neat as a pin, others askew, some well past retirement age, many six ...
