Opinion

Lent is always a desert journey that we make with Jesus, who fasted and was tested in the desert for 40 days and 40 nights.

We are deeply concerned in our society with justice, we talk a lot about equality and equity.

Some years ago, my friend Msgr. Francis Mannion wrote an article concerning the three essential features of the Eucharistic liturgy—namely, the priest, the rite, and the people.

When my father lay dying, I remember that one of the losses I began to grieve was that he was the keeper of so many family stories

Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, personifies true reform in the image of “the wonderer.”

I hope you had a beautiful and holy Christmas with your family and loved ones. As I was celebrating the midnight Mass, I was reflecting that this is the final Christmas of the decade.

The Holy Spirit has a funny way of leading us where we need to go sometimes. This week, while searching through my Bible for one specific passage in the New Testament, I inadvertently found another that struck me so forcefully, it became my lectio divina for several days:

Aside from daily Mass and a commitment to silent prayer, the most important spiritual practice I’ve adopted as a Christian has been spending time in Scripture every day

A word we hear frequently these days is relevance, or the related relevant

Gradually, the tradition has evolved: Christmas decorations and lights that represent the joy and light that Jesus Christ brought to the world were placed on the tree