Tag: faith
Believers everywhere should take heart in the faith examples of Notre...
In a culture whose leaders often seek to privatize religious belief and marginalize expressions of faith, the college football national championship showdown between Notre...
Total immersion is the only way to successfully return to and...
They say learning a language is like riding a bicycle, but I'm not sure I believe that. Back in the day, I was pretty...
The challenging task of 2025: Look for the smallest miracles among...
"You are not being asked to be anything other than human…"
That was uttered by a colleague during a meeting. It was a mere aside...
Living liturgically means living Lent all year — Jaymie Stuart...
Living liturgically means approaching Lent as a built-in annual retreat. For most Catholics, that takes a time-tested and traditional shape. Prayer, fasting and almsgiving...
Question Corner: Does lack of faith prevent healing from happening?
Q: When I was Evangelical, we were told Jesus wanted to heal us, every time; we need only ask “in his name.” If we...
‘Don’t become a Sacristy Rat’ and other good advice for new...
Becoming a Roman Catholic was one of the best decisions I ever made, and certainly the most life-changing. But in truth I had only...
Remember, the church is a supernatural institution made up of fallen...
Most of us Catholics are too worldly, as we know from every examination of conscience -- and yet in another sense we’re not worldly...
Call it ‘Ecclesiolatry’: Focus on Jesus rather than trappings of faith...
Our Catholic faith has a rich heritage of truth, goodness and beauty derived through Scripture, sacraments, the lives of the saints, moral and systematic...
Question Corner: The difference between orders and vows; laypeople as saints...
Q: What is the difference between Orders and Vows? Are nuns actually laypersons? (Glendale, Calif.)
A: Holy Orders is the sacrament through which a baptized...
‘Nativity of the Virgin’ conveys humble joy St. Joachim and St....
Throughout the seasons and feasts of the liturgical year, the church pauses to give special honor to Mary, mother of Jesus, the son of...