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

Man at sunshine | Photo by Jeremy Perkins on Unsplash

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?

grandmother and grandson laughing together.

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.