How Should We Combat Hate?

Pat McCloskey, OFM March 13, 2026

How do we overcome the small, everyday negativities that can build up and weigh us down?

priest holding the sacramental bread to the sky.

St. Francis and the Body of Christ

Christopher Heffron March 12, 2026

Thomas of Celano, an early friar and author of three hagiographies of Francis, wrote that the saint “burned with a love that came from his whole being for the sacrament of the Lord’s body.”

Side by Side

Colleen Arnold, MD March 12, 2026

Reflect Recently, I spent time with a very unhappy person. Although they did have legitimate problems, most of their suffering was of their own making.

The Jewish leaders brought Jesus before Pilate because they said their law would not allow them to put anyone to death. However, earlier in the same Gospel, they were planning to stone a woman caught in adultery. Wasn’t this a death sentence?

People at church | Photo by Thays Orrico on Unsplash

Out of Many, One

Stephen Copeland March 11, 2026

It is only through the passage of diversity that we awaken to our inherent union and spiritual connection to one another.

Throughline of Doves

Maureen O'Brien March 11, 2026

Reflect In all four canonical gospels, as John the Baptist is baptizing Jesus, the Holy Spirit alights as a dove (Mt 3:13-17, Mk 1:9-11, Lk

God’s Kingdom: What Is It?

Pat McCloskey, OFM March 11, 2026

Does kingdom of God refer to a place, a church, a new culture based on the beatitudes, or any situation in which the presence of Jesus is experienced?