"For a child has been born for us, a son given to us… he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." These...
Scripture
St. Paul may be known as the "apostle to the Gentiles," but his high ideals make him an apostle for believers today, too. When you ask Father...
Thanksgiving, and in some places Halloween, is barely over these days before stores begin to play Christmas songs as background sound for the orgy of buying...
By Mary Clare Brady This article appeared in the December 1993 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 58, No. 12, pages 31-33). “It was the best of times, it was the...
This U.S. Catholic interview with Sister Sandra M. Schneiders, I.H.M., author and New Testament scholar, originally appeared in the May 1990 issue. Sister...
Nearly every human being has experienced at least one intensely significant moment in life. The relative infrequency and the fleeting nature of these moments...