Readings (Year C): Nehemiah 8:2–6, 8–10Psalm 19:8–10, 151 Corinthians 12:12–30Luke 1:1–4; 4:14–21 Reflection: People of the Word In today’s first reading from...
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Got a burning question? Click here to Ask an Apostle. Q: How are married Catholics called to use their time—jointly or separately? I’m a newly...
On June 25, 1975, Michael “Casimir” Cypher was arrested and executed by soldiers in Honduras, thereby becoming the first of several U.S. missionaries to be...
Hey What Low (Sub Pop Records, 2021) Creative freedom, vision, collaboration, and discipline: These are very difficult things to hold together, especially when...
My mom kept a plastic bottle of holy water by the front door of our home and another on the bureau in my parents’ bedroom. Every day she would use the water to...
When Justina Hausmann Kopp found out she was pregnant with quadruplets, the joy of conceiving a child now carried with it a daunting new dimension. “I had to...
When I entered the office of a dear colleague recently, he had a poster set up on an easel. The school was promoting virtues on homemade posters, rather than...
Water parks, swirling cameras, gospel choirs, mink coats, televangelists, and, at the center of it all, Tammy Faye. When the PTL (short for “Praise the Lord”)...
Readings (Year C): Isaiah 62:1–5Psalm 96:1–3, 7–101 Corinthians 12:4–11John 2:1–11 Reflection: Everyday miracles Awards season will soon be upon us—and if the...
A piece of wisdom that both my parents and in-laws infused in my wife and me is the paradox of choice: You are free to choose, but you are not free from the...
