Mary, the Sorrowful Mother
Pat McCloskey, OFM
June 8, 2026
I recently came across the title “Our Lady of Sorrows” for Mary. I’ve never heard of this before and wonder about its origin and meaning.
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Becoming Church
Mark Soehner, OFM
June 5, 2026
This friar writes of a need for all of us to become one Church.
The Need to Pray Constantly
Herman Sutter
June 5, 2026
Reflect “Then He told them a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart” (Luke 18:1). In this parable that Jesus tells
We Are Houses of God
Christopher Heffron
June 5, 2026
If we are made in God’s spirit, then our first “church” were the bodies given to us.
Holy Communion without Confession
Pat McCloskey, OFM
June 5, 2026
I am a 79-year-old Catholic who doesn’t believe in the Sacrament of Penance.
Craftsmanship
Kyle Kramer
June 4, 2026
Reflect The great gift of craftsmanship is the ability to use your hard-won skill to bring something tangible, beautiful, and lasting into the world. Well-made things,
The Holy Family’s Arrival in Nazareth
Pat McCloskey, OFM
June 4, 2026
According to Luke, the Holy Family went to Nazareth a little more than 40 days after Jesus was born. Matthew’s Gospel suggests it may have been several years later. Which was it?
Always Say ‘I Love You’
Sandy Howison
June 4, 2026
Throughout this messy, sweet, chaotic, precious time we have together, we’ll tell each other the best thing, the only thing that really matters: “I love you.”
Something to Hold On To
Kyle Kramer
June 3, 2026
Reflect Because Catholicism is a sacramental, incarnated religion, “stuff” matters—our bodies, our surroundings and landscapes, the physical objects we encounter on a daily basis. All of
The Our Father, Amen, and Holding Hands
Pat McCloskey, OFM
June 3, 2026
Would you say if there is still an amen at the end of the Our Father? At Mass, I realize a prayer has been inserted between the main body of the prayer and when the priest says amen.