Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Is Alleluia Not Our Song?

It was my first Passion Week as a newly ordained priest, and we had just finished services for Thursday of Mysteries and Service of the Washing of the Feet. The pastor and I sunk into our couch chairs, beginning to feel the exhaustion set in from the fourth night of services in a row, knowing […]

The BREATH of God: Pentecost Sunday

On Resurrection Day, Jesus breathed on His disciples—a gesture odd in itself but packed with meaning for our celebration of Pentecost. Gospel (Read Jn 20:19-23) The Pentecost Gospel tells us that Jesus surprised the disciples “on the evening of that first day of the week” by appearing in their midst without using a door (locked “for fear […]

Full Text: Harrison Butker’s Commencement Address at Benedictine College…

Ladies and gentlemen of the Class of 2024: I would like to start off by congratulating all of you for successfully making it to this achievement today. I’m sure your high school graduation was not what you had imagined, and most likely, neither was your first couple years of college. By making it to this […]

Madrid Catholic fined €3,600 for publicly praying the Rosary

PDF Button In a blatant display of anti-Catholic tyranny, a Madrid Catholic man, José Andrés Calderón, was recently fined €3,600 by the Spanish government for praying the rosary publicly. Calderón is accused of “disobedience and resistance to authority” during political protests in January. He maintains his innocence, stating that his involvement was limited to the […]

Palestinian Insider Explains How Christians, Others Killed In Israel-Hamas War

Palestinian Christian and political analyst Khalil Sayegh provides a personal and insider’s view of how his sister and other noncombatants in Gaza have been mercilessly killed in the ongoing 2023 Israel-Hamas War. The war in Gaza has claimed untold civilian lives, as civilians have been caught in the crossfire between Israel and Hamas while being […]