Detail of St. Peter in stained glass by Sylvia Nicolas. The monks processed silently into their new abbey church. The faint chip, chip, chip of pick on stone...
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This whole blighted year I’ve waited for Isaiah with the agonized impatience children suffer for the arrival of Santa. Not that Isaiah is as rare a...
Every Christmas season my mom retrieves “The Book” from storage and puts it on display on the living room coffee table. It’s not a family Bible, but to us it’s...
“¿Quién dice la gente que soy?” Jesús preguntó a sus discípulos. Sus respuestas, desde Juan el Bautista hasta Elías o uno de los profetas, revelan cómo sus...
Carla Piette Although it has received little notice, Pope Francis introduced a new pathway to sainthood on July 11, 2017, recognizing individuals who, although...
Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future Pope Francis (Simon & Schuster, 2020) Pope Francis’ Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future (Simon &...
Let me start by saying that I have never been much of a homemaker. I’m young, I’m male, I’m single, and I share an apartment with two other young, male, single...
Readings (Year B) Isaiah 40:1–5, 9–11Psalms 85:9–10, 11–12, 13–142 Peter 3:8–14Mark 1:1–8 Reflection: A Mother’s Comfort I had never experienced the desert...
Even though I grew up Catholic in the 1950s and ’60s, I was only remotely familiar with the custom of the Advent wreath and its meaning. One or two years...
For my family and so many others, 2020 has been the year of waiting. But even before the rest of the country entered the seemingly endless waiting game of the...
