Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion Mass Readings: 1st Reading Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 2nd Reading: Colossians 3:12-21 Responsorial:…
One of the things I love about Advent and Christmas is the extra emphasis on the Blessed Mother. As a…
Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako I—celebrating Christmas in ‘silence and amidst tears’ The feast of the birth of Christ is one…
It is that time of year again, the time when we gather together to remember our blessings and bestow gifts…
By Oliver Maksan The Holy Year of Mercy, solemnly inaugurated by Pope Francis in Rome Dec. 8, 2015—on the Feast…
A small town in Missouri recently came under fire for rallying around an accused child sex offender and shunning the…
Let’s reflect upon Luke 7:36–50: “A Pharisee invited him to dine with them, and he entered the Pharisee’s house and…
By Oliver Maksan BAGHDAD—Father Luis Montes is glad and he has reason to be: “We have just consecrated a new…
In his first General Audience during the Jubilee of Mercy, Pope Francis explained why he has called for this extraordinary…
Mercy and forgiveness go both ways: God toward us, and us toward others. As concerns others’ forgiving us, we cannot…