Bishop Barron recently came under attack on social media for what he had said regarding the St. Junipero Serra statue vandalism and removals happening in California. A Although this wasn’t the first (or last time) Bishop Barron has had to face criticism over his...
On a hot summer morning, as the story goes, sometime just before 1150, Guigo, a Carthusian of the Grande Chartreuse was hard at work in the garden of his cell when he was struck by the image of prayer found deep in the bowels of the Old Testament. As he meditated on...
Suffering is not hard to come by in this world, and sometimes it feels like it comes in droves these days. The saints were not immune to suffering. In fact, many of them seemed to suffer more than most. And yet somehow, the saints seem to turn suffering on its head....
Today we have a rich religious vocabulary, filled with words like bishop, liturgy, and martyr. But some of these words actually meant something different or were very ordinary words when the Apostles first used them and then they were given their religious character...
September is dedicated to the Seven Sorrows of Mary. In a unique way, we honor and remember the sufferings Mary endured as Mother of Jesus. By uniting ourselves to her sufferings we draw close to the sufferings of Christ which can help us endure our daily struggles....
Saint Monica, patron saint of Mothers, Alcoholics, Married Women, and Conversion. August 27th is her feast day, the day before the feast of St. Augustine. Most things that are widely known about her come from St. Augustine’s Confessions, but I was able to...
