Spirituality
Blessed Mother welcomes you home to Miraculous Medal Shrine
Father Michael Carroll is pleased the Vincentians are once again spreading Mary's message of hope through the Miraculous Medal, just as she asked them to do.
We have life in Christ; how do we live it?
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many people to reevaluate their lives, and Msgr. Joseph Prior suggests this Sunday's readings may help us decide what we do with the time God has given us.
Readings of the Holy Mass – 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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.
Lead thou me on, Lord, when all is dark
Amid heartaches both global and local, Gina Christian takes comfort in the words of St. John Henry Newman, who penned a beloved prayer of trust in his own night of suffering.
Readings of the Holy Mass – 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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.
‘Do not be afraid,’ Jesus says in our time of need
We can, like Jeremiah, feel unrest all around, writes Msgr. Joseph Prior on the readings for this Sunday's Mass. But we can turn to the Lord who saves us.
Home at last in the Sacred Heart
Once unfamiliar and startling, the image of Christ's burning, pierced heart guided Gina Christian through loss and confusion back to the source of love.
He learned to forgive, and it saved his life
Cathy Peacock recounts the story of a son's strained relationship with his father. With courage they reconnected, and the father’s death led to early detection of the same cancer in the son.
Merton traces spiritual roots of protest
Father Eugene Hemrick finds Trappist Thomas Merton's words poignant today: Protesters aim to "help others think freshly about our social order and the self-destructive direction in which we are going."
Seven ways to change the world (or at least make a start)
Large-scale issues such as racism and crisis-driven immigration can overwhelm the average person, writes Gina Christian. Yet there are simple steps we can take to bring the kingdom of God to our corner of the earth.