Faith & Spirituality – Page 51

You Are the Light of the World

Todd Federici August 4, AD2022 4 Comments

I saw a great display of fireworks this year in honor of our country’s independence. As I was watching them rise, I reflected as they

We All Need Some New Spiritual Motivation

Joe Tevington August 4, AD2022 6 Comments

A recent Catholic Stand article reminds us that, back in 1970, [Joseph Ratzinger] the future pope posited that the faithful of the twenty-first century would

God Did Not Design Us To Live Alone

Melanie Jean Juneau August 3, AD2022 4 Comments

Have you wondered why an increasing percentage of society seems to be anxious, nervous, and out of sorts these days? Just look at large modern

What Ever Happened to the Opposite Sex? Part II: Gender Is a Social Construct?

Jerome German August 2, AD2022 3 Comments

Part I of this series, examined the complementary between the sexes and compared it to the complementarity in the Trinity, One of the great buzz

The Secret of the Holy Face: Off the Shelf 245 with Fr. Lawrence Carney

Pete Socks August 1, AD2022 1 Comment

Off the Shelf 246 – Fr. Lawrence Carney This week on Off the Shelf we are taking a look at a hidden devotion that is

Meaning and Value of the Kingdom of Heaven

Pamela Mandela August 1, AD2022 1 Comment

This Gospel reading for Wednesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time (Year II) consists of only two sentences (Matthew 13:44-46). However, in these verses,

Peacemakers

Carol Monaco July 30, AD2022 3 Comments

The daily news depresses me. With the news comes that horrible feeling of helplessness. I’ve tried tuning it out, but it doesn’t work. So what

For Whom Should I Pray? Part Two

Laura DeMaria July 30, AD2022 1 Comment

In Part One, we considered the many pressing causes in the world that require your prayer – yes, yours! – with an emphasis on prayer

pray, prayer, praying, fall, fallen, conscience, humility

For Whom Should I Pray? Part One

Laura DeMaria July 29, AD2022 4 Comments

Do you know where to begin in prayer? For some, not knowing for whom or what to pray is an obstacle to ever getting started.

race, bias, critical race theory, Liberation Theology

Saint John Vianney Teaches Us Sacrificial Love

Diana Ragsdale July 28, AD2022 3 Comments

Saint John Vianney is known for leading the village Ars from corruption to holiness, and the path he took to change the hearts of many

Field Trip: And God Walked With Us

Richard Auciello July 27, AD2022 4 Comments

What is prayer? Why pray? Does it matter? Does God listen? A thousand questions may elicit a thousand different answers, some true, some not. No

The Holy Spirit and God’s Great Mercy

Deacon Steve Greco July 26, AD2022 1 Comment

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, God is Love, but “because we are dead or at least wounded through sin, the first effect of

What Ever Happened to the Opposite Sex? Part 1: Trinitarian Complementarity

Jerome German July 26, AD2022 9 Comments

When I was a child (from 1950 to, well, who can say?) the term “the opposite sex” struck me as odd. Opposite of what? Was

When Buildings Speak

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer July 25, AD2022 7 Comments

I recently returned to Italy after serving as spiritual director for a ten-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Saints and theologians have called the land

Forgiveness and Letting Go of Resentment

Dom Cingoranelli July 25, AD2022 5 Comments

Forgiveness and letting go of resentment– it’s something about which much has been written–and about which, after all is said and done, more is usually

Trying to Understand Our Shortage of Vocations

Paul Kniaz July 23, AD2022 5 Comments

At the beginning of my summer break, I spent a day at an abbey nearby. I wanted to get away from teaching and colleagues and

The Troops of St. George Transforms Boys into Catholic Men

Genesius July 22, AD2022 13 Comments

Malice fills today’s world. This is partly because organizations which families relied upon in past generations to foster life skills in the youth no longer

kingdom, catholic social teaching, predestination

Does a Woman Have a Constitutional Right to Abort a Human Life? Part III

James Harris July 22, AD2022 No Comments

Part I introduced the issue of the right to have an abortion because it is of sufficient importance to society to understand the decision reached

Jesus, Good Shepherd, salvation, evangelizing

Hard Times: With Christ and Community

Masha Goepel July 21, AD2022 1 Comment

Have you heard the Ryan Bingham song: Hard times they come and they go, and most of the time they’re in the middle of the

Prayers Of Adoration And Praise

Mark Belanger July 21, AD2022 7 Comments

When I was young and in Confirmation class, we were taught there are five types of prayers: Adoration, Praise, Thanksgiving, Intercession, and Petition. That I