Jokes were cracked; records were shattered. If you wanted an award show to remind you why you watch television, you got one.

Forgiveness and the need to be forgiven are prominent themes in “The Bear,“ the Emmy-Award-winning show starring Jeremy Allen White.

Former president Donald J. Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Sept. 15, weeks after being wounded in a previous attack during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church, by Grace Lenahan

A Reflection for Saturday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Leilani Fuentes

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul, by Colleen Dulle

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Ashley McKinless

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest, by Cecilia González-Andrieu

A Reflection for the Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs, by Zac Davis