It’s a cliché but these two miracles say it well: Jesus is there for us in good times and bad. Jesus celebrates with us; Jesus heals us when we are broken.
Prayer
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
For Catholics, it isn’t enough to just know and follow the rules.
Rules are important, but they only exist to safeguard loving relationships. The Catechism is not a penal code, but our guide to a life lived in love.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Every human heart contains an infinite desire for God. What does that mean in a finite world?
What does Jesus do with panicked hearts? He reveals that God’s desire for us exceeds our desire for God!
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Read: Pope Francis’ prayer for the children of Abraham
Pope Francis’ prayer at the interreligious meeting at Ur, Iraq on Saturday, March 6.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Want a better prayer life this Lent? Start by being honest with God about everything. (Yes, everything.)
Honesty means sharing things you might consider inappropriate for conversation with God.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Read: Pope Francis on how Jesus is the reason we can believe in God’s love
Pope Francis’ remarks from his general audience on Wednesday, March 3.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Use this time of Lent to reorient yourself towards serving others
We must ask ourselves: Is my ambition driven by the desire serve, or do I simply want a better seat at the table?
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
This Lent, remember that the key to God’s forgiveness is to forgive others
Our list of sins may be long; but God’s forgiveness is limitless, and in today’s Gospel, he has given us the key to receiving his mercy: “Forgive and you will be forgiven.”
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Jesus warns against an ‘us versus them’ attitude. We should give it up this Lent.
One way of repenting during Lent is to acknowledge our narrow attitudes about who is “in” and who is “out.” Jesus’ message is emphatically that everyone is in.
Posted inFaith, News
Cardinal Gregory prays on CNN for 500,000 Americans killed by Covid-19
The cardinal called it “a great honor and privilege” to offer the prayer at the invitation of Jake Tapper, CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent, on the program “We Remember 500,000: A National Memorial Service for Covid-19.”