As this winter gets underway in earnest, I say, go ahead and break me. Plunder me, take me down, so I can be made new. Maybe that is exactly what I need—not merely a rest but a reinvention.

I got lost in a maze of darkness and could not get out. Christ is like the great hero, rushing into the cold and dark to save us.

Look at the people with whom you live and work. How are they doing? How are they because of your role in their lives? These questions might reveal as much about your standing with the Lord as your list of sins.

The head of the U.S. bishops conference has condemned the killing of two Christian women who had been seeking shelter inside Gaza’s only Catholic church.

In the wake of my reading The Dark Is Rising, one of my New Year’s resolutions is to try to keep pace with time, not lag behind it as I usually do.

“Catch Me If You Can” returns to Christmas again and again, like a scab it can’t stop scratching.

In “Klaus,” the Santa legend grows from a simple act of kindness

There is a profound grace in submitting ourselves to a rhythm of time that we do not control.

A Homily for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein

Like the soldiers in the film, we will raise our voices on Christmas and sing about peace on earth—but we should also reflect on what we’ll do to make it a reality.