Love Is Our Mission
María Ruiz Scaperlanda
April 15, 2026
In a world of silly love songs, it is easy to ask, “What’s love got to do with it?” rather than trust the love that we have already encountered as believers.
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In the Desert
Colleen Arnold, MD
April 15, 2026
Reflect In Luke 1:45, we read that Jesus often stayed outside the towns in ‘deserted places.’ It’s easy to see God in a glorious sunset
Are Some Prayers More Powerful Than Others?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
April 15, 2026
Some people speak as though particular prayers or a series of prayers (such as a novena) are more powerful than simpler prayers. Is this true? Also, if I believe that God’s will is always done, why should I pray for a particular outcome?
Is ‘Offering It Up’ Still Valid?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
April 15, 2026
I have trouble dealing with the concept of God accepting pain or illness as payment for some kind of wrongdoing. Jesus did it, but he is God. Is my friend correct? Am I?
Death Is a New Beginning
Jim Van Vurst, OFM
April 14, 2026
Our faith has a way of answering questions and helping us understand that their deaths and those of all our loved ones are not signs of an ending, but rather a new beginning for them.
Jack Pine Prayer
Kyle Kramer
April 14, 2026
Reflect The jack pine is a paradox: it can be easily killed by wildfire, and yet that’s the only way its serotinous cones can release
What Is the Church’s Teaching on Yoga?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
April 14, 2026
Speakers whom I greatly respect have said that Catholics should not do yoga or Pilates™. Does the Catholic Church allow this?
Christlike Parenting
Carie Moore
April 13, 2026
To parent with the fruits of the spirit with unconditional love, patience, gentleness, and self-control is to parent biblically.
Become Like Children
Maureen O'Brien
April 13, 2026
Reflect As I walked down a snowy street, a child emerged from the neighborhood school bus, and I began considering what I might say as
Why Roman Catholic?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
April 13, 2026
Why does the Roman Catholic Church call itself that? Jesus stood against everything that the Roman Empire represented—the power, the might and the violence. Rome figured mightily in his death on the cross.