Advent is a season of hope. Note that we speak of hope, not optimism.
The Good Word
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Advent asks us: Have we lost our way?
A homily for the First Sunday of Advent, by the Rev. Terrance Klein
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Following Christ is about surrendering power, not seizing it
The Solemnity of Christ the King is not an old feast. It was created by Pius XI in 1925. What does it mean in our lives today?
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To find God’s revelation, one can turn to music
Can a song save your life? Can a canticle change your life, fundamentally alter its course?
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The Second Coming of Christ in the Age of Nuclear Armageddon
Will Christ manifest himself and end history? Assuredly yes, if you believe in him and what he said. When will this happen and how? Even in this atomic age, we still do not know.
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Our lives on earth end. Our souls don’t.
The people we loved and who we became because we loved, these shall not pass.
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Why Edith Stein is the perfect saint for All Souls’ Day (and a world plagued by antisemitism)
On this Feast of All Souls, let us remember “our people,” living for God and for each other. We can live for both, and die for both.
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What does it mean to become a saint?
The Solemnity of All the Saints reveals the relationship between who we are and who we should become, between time and eternity, between ourselves and the saints.
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When Christ became a Father
The cross of Christ appears as his abandonment by the Father. Our crosses do as well, but it is only in the cross that we discover that God is abandonment and outpouring love.
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When you pray, someone is always listening
Our prayers would be immeasurably improved if we truly believed that we were indeed talking to someone.