Spirituality

Jesus meets us wherever we are on life’s journey

On the road to Emmaus, the risen Christ made himself known through the Scriptures and in the breaking of the bread, writes Msgr. Joseph Prior. The Lord does the same for us today.

Readings of the Holy Mass: Third Sunday of Easter

Read or listen to the readings before Mass with these resources from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, using the New American Bible, Revised Edition.

The only place to be in a pandemic

As the coronavirus has swept over the world, we've tried to figure out where we're "at" with it on any number of levels, writes Gina Christian. But one survivor knows where she stands.

Longing for Communion can be exercise in spiritual growth

"To understand once again that the Eucharist is a freely given and unexpected gift of the Lord Jesus," wrote Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, "couldn't this also be the outcome of this disconcerting time?"

Readings of the Holy Mass: Divine Mercy Sunday

Read or listen to the readings before Mass with these resources from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, using the New American Bible, Revised Edition.

Mercy we have received is our gift for others

Msgr. Joseph Prior explains how devotion to the Divine Mercy of Jesus this Sunday, and the readings for the Mass, show us the life that flows from the mercy God pours out on us.

Don’t go there, Jesus

The Lord mysteriously leads us to places of suffering we'd rather not visit, writes Gina Christian. Yet he walks with us at every step, guiding us to our true destination: eternal life in him.

Resurrection of Jesus breaks power of death, despair in our times

Msgr. Joseph Prior explains how in the mystery of Jesus' rising from the tomb, sorrow gives way to joy and the realization that on Easter we are loved in the most profound way.

Readings of the Holy Mass: Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord

Read or listen to the readings before Mass with these resources from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, using the New American Bible, Revised Edition.

What do we mean by ‘spiritual Communion’?

Jesuit Father Richard Malloy shows how God’s grace can work through the electronic screen by which we watch the Mass. The reality of Jesus' transformative love operates in our minds and hearts.