Feasts
Noel Ethan Tan

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

Deuteronomy 4:32-40, Psalm 33, Romans 8:14-17, Matthew 28:16-20 CCC 234: “The Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is

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Religion
Guest Writer

Pilate and Herod

Guest post by Gerard M. Nadal. Don’t know why this line from Palm Sunday’s Gospel never registered before, but there’s a ton in there to

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Scripture
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

How Should We Approach Scripture?

“Atheists and heretics keep resurrecting the anti-Semitic heresy of Marcion and Mani:  that the God of the Old Testament is a radically different God than

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Columnists
Kat Larson

The Mystery of the Magi

“They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary His mother.  They prostrated themselves and did

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Religion
Fr. Joseph Gill

Good to the Last Drop

It’s funny how your life can change in an instant with something that seems so small, so insignificant. In 1906, a 12-year-old Polish boy named

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Scripture
Fr. Joseph Gill

Marriage

Many years ago, I was running a faith-formation program for a group of middle school kids. We were working on learning about the Sacrament of

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Columnists
Erin Cain

Come and See

But Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” —John 1:46 “Come and see.” For Nathanael

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Columnists
Jean Elizabeth Seah

Movie Review: Mary Magdalene

A friend and I had been given free tickets for a preview of the film Mary Magdalene, which first came to theaters in 2018. The

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Scripture
Fr. Joseph Gill

Empty Promises

Today’s first reading and Gospel mention a character we don’t often talk about – Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Jesus. He is somewhat of

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Scripture
Fr. Joseph Gill

The Truth of the Scriptures

Today’s readings have a common theme: that the Scriptures all point to Jesus. Peter speaks to the people on Pentecost morning, explaining that Jesus is

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Scripture
Fr. Gerald Musa

The Cross as Tree of Life

“The Old Rugged Cross” is the title of a well-known song written by George Bennard more than a century ago (1912). Afterwards, various famous artists,

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Scripture
Fr. Gerald Musa

The Road to Glory

Glory is attractive, but the cross is repulsive; we love to arrive at a destination called glory, but we often reject the narrow and thorny

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Scripture
Erin Cain

A God Who Surprises

At that time, John summoned two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come,

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Family
Fr. Gerald Musa

A Divine Master Plan

When people get married, everyone expects pregnancy to occur right away, and when there is a delay in this, anxiety and questions begin to set

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Scripture
Fr. Joseph Gill

Fulfillment of All Prophecies

Recently I read that there are over 500 different prophecies of Jesus in the Old Testament. I’m going to trust that statistic because I’m not

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