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May 2023

May 26, 2023
This Easter marked my 10th anniversary as a Catholic. As someone who spent over a...

February 2023

February 08, 2023
Is there a general Liturgy of the Hours that most Catholics use, or are there a...

November 2022

November 04, 2022
"Holy Father, keep [those you have given me] in thy name, which thou hast given...

July 2022

July 08, 2022
Scripture is the foundational record of God's self-revelation to the world. It grounds catholic theology,...

June 2022

June 14, 2022
2559 "Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting...

May 2022

May 23, 2022
2558 "Great is the mystery of the faith!" The Church professes this mystery in the...
May 02, 2022
Prayer has always been a central part of what motivates the writing here. The name...

March 2022

March 03, 2022
I recently read through the fantastic new volume by Lester Ruth and Lim Swee Hong A...
March 02, 2022
Jesus returned from the Jordan River full of the Holy Spirit and was led by...

May 2021

May 14, 2021
I'll be honest. I've struggled to find a good book on the Catholic belief in...

April 2021

April 11, 2021
On this Divine Mercy Sunday, I am reflecting on the phrase "Kyrie Ellison" often translated...
April 02, 2021
When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, “It is finished.” And bowing his head,...
April 01, 2021
“The spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the LORD has anointed me; he...

March 2021

March 31, 2021
"When it was evening, he reclined at table with the Twelve. And while they were...
March 30, 2021
Simon Peter said to him, ‘Master, where are you going?’ Jesus answered him, ‘Where I...
March 28, 2021
“I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice, I have grasped you...
March 28, 2021
"Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they...
March 27, 2021
“I will make with them a covenant of peace; it shall be an everlasting covenant...
March 26, 2021
“In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried out to my God; from...
March 25, 2021
“Mary said, ‘Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to...
March 24, 2021
Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, ‘If you remain in my word,...
March 23, 2021
“So Jesus said to them, ‘When you lift up the Son of Man, then you...
March 22, 2021
“But when they continue asking him, he straightened up and said to them, ‘Let the one...
March 21, 2021
If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, ...
March 20, 2021
“Do me justice, O LORD, because I am just and because of the innocence that...
March 19, 2021
  We don't know a single word that Saint Joseph ever said. The gospels never...
March 19, 2021
“When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and...
March 18, 2021
Cyril was one of the most famous liturgists in the early Church. The way he...
March 18, 2021
“How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek...
March 17, 2021
“But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me.” Can a...
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