Across time and cultures the heart has symbolized a variety of traits: love, awareness, the will, along with numerous other prime movers of humanity. From Cro...
Author - Jeffrey Essmann
When I made my final profession as a Benedictine oblate last summer, Brother Luke, one of the monks at the monastery I’d just pledged myself to, gave me a...
At my former parish I was the catechist for second graders, students for whom the chief focus and driving dynamic of the school year was, of course...
Ever since I first learned the Hail Mary, I have loved prayer. Perhaps Sister taught us the Glory Be first. It’s shorter, more repetitious; if you know the...
I have no problem telling people I’m gay. But it can sometimes be weird telling people I’m a Catholic. It’s said that coming out is a lifelong process. There...
