Spirituality
Readings of the Holy Mass – Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Read, listen to or watch videos of the Mass readings with these resources from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, using the New American Bible, Revised Edition.
In committing our lives fully to Jesus, we adopt God’s vision of love and mercy
Because we live in a fragile and imperfect world, the opportunity and need to love and to show mercy are ever present. Msgr. Joseph Prior examines Sunday's Gospel and notes we are called, as Jesus teaches, to “love one another as I have loved you.”
A growing faith: Allowing college-aged kids to navigate their faith
Would Susan Hines-Brigger's son, going off to college for the first time, practice the faith in which he'd been raised? She'd modeled good habits and given him the tools he'd need. Now she had to let him go, but not without a prayer for him.
Our priest looks tired; can’t women deacons help?
Father Ken Doyle answers a concerned Catholic's question about the possibility of ordaining women deacons. He also replies to a question of whether the pope ever kisses a person's hand -- he does, in fact.
Use Gospel as a guide, not an ideology, pope tells Claretian Missionaries
Offering encouragement, Pope Francis told missionaries, "We can look at reality from a window or we can commit ourselves to changing it," by transforming the world and by fighting to protect human dignity and respect human rights.
Navigating storms and traffic with divine providence
Hurricanes, heartaches and even daily hassles are all opportunities to reflect on the mysterious care of the Lord, who brings good out of evil as creation is slowly but surely perfected, writes Gina Christian.
Readings of the Holy Mass – Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Read, listen to or watch videos of the Mass readings with these resources from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, using the New American Bible, Revised Edition.
Jesus’ physical cures point to his healing of ills that obscure God
We experience the world through our senses like sight and hearing, so when Jesus heals as he does in this Sunday's Gospel, he draws us closer to the unseen Father, writes Msgr. Joseph Prior.
Holiness does not come from following rigid rules, pope says
Redemption is the work of God, not of human beings, so be careful and do not listen to "fundamentalists" who claim holiness comes through following certain laws, Pope Francis said during a reflection on St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians.
Already home from Afghanistan, and from this world
Missionary worker Cydney Mizell won't be on any evacuation flights out of Kabul, having given her life to "embody the presence of Christ" for Afghan women and children.