
Be in the Margins
This is my prayer for our nation, that each of us goes a little further to the margins, peripheries, and abandoned places in our communities to touch the poor there.
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This is my prayer for our nation, that each of us goes a little further to the margins, peripheries, and abandoned places in our communities to touch the poor there.

In parochial school, I learned that there is a particular judgment when a person dies and that there will also be a general judgment at the end of the world. Why?

On this last Sunday of the liturgical year, we’re reminded that Christ is not a distant ruler. He is close, humble, and victorious through love.

If every sacrifice of the Mass is offered for the Church, how can people request individual intentions?

Although our culture separates body and spirit, the very incarnation of Jesus speaks to a higher reality.

Intentional discipleship is the decision to “drop one’s nets.”

Gazing upon crucifixes and mosaics were common practices for centuries, especially before copies of the Scriptures existed. It might be helpful now to reclaim this practice. Consider a piece of religious art that moves you.

What do the four stages in the canonization process (servant of God, venerable, blessed and saint) mean?

Were all the apostles single men when they began to follow Jesus? Is there anything in the Bible on this? Is that why the Catholic Church ordains only single men?

In our culture of individualism, many people find themselves alone. The elderly and infirm are particularly vulnerable.