Got a burning question? Click here to Ask an Apostle. Q: Pre-cana required? My fiancé and I just got engaged, and he does not want to attend marriage...
Author - John Christman
Got a burning question? Click here to Ask an Apostle. Q: Holiday travel. Our adult children who live far away plan to visit at Christmas. Due to...
Got a burning question? Click here to Ask an Apostle. Q: COVID wedding? My friend is getting married this season, and I’m nervous about attending due to COVID...
Liturgists are sometimes fond of repeating an old theological principle: Lex orandi, lex credendi. Broadly, this means, “The way we pray shapes what we...
Things are moving so rapidly it’s difficult to get some perspective. In a span of a few weeks we’ve gone from praying for people elsewhere in the world...
During a recent Mass at a local Catholic school the pastor asked the students, “Why do you like this building?” One student raised their hand and eagerly...
At the threshold of Christmas, our last days of Advent focus on two strong mothers, Elizabeth and Mary. Mothers whose strength in the face of challenges and...
Images are powerful. What we see shapes us. We live in an ever-increasing visual culture where we are constantly saturated with images. It is all too easy to...
The psalmist prophetically proclaims on the second Sunday of Advent, “Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace forever” (Ps. 72). We may...
Mountains of garbage, an overturned container ship, displaced animals: What do these have to do with Advent? Isn’t Advent supposed to be a season of joyful...
