Columnists
Jean Elizabeth Seah

Sacramentals: holy gifts

The lady on the bus Since watching Touch, my boyfriend has had a habit of reading number plates and, now that he’s Catholic, relating them

Read More »
Columnists
Jean Elizabeth Seah

Give Thanks At All Times

You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and

Read More »
Columnists
Jean Elizabeth Seah

The Joy and Dignity of Work

No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him. – James Russell Lowell, poet Ultimately, we all have to decide

Read More »
Life
AnneMarie Miller

How do we love our neighbors?

When I was young, my siblings and I would often play with a soccer ball in our backyard. Inevitably, someone would powerfully kick the ball

Read More »
Life
Erin Cain

Impossible Causes

“For nothing will be impossible with God.” —Luke 1:37 St. Rita of Cascia is the patron saint of impossible causes. During her life, St. Rita

Read More »
Life
Jean Elizabeth Seah

Trust and Truth

Sometimes, when one hears of a poor fellow being scammed, losing his savings to a nonexistent online girlfriend, or wasting thousands on damaging psychobabble seminars,

Read More »
Columnists
Jean Elizabeth Seah

100% for God

But because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold, nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth. —Apocalypse 3:16 When Herod heard

Read More »
Life
Erin Cain

The Economy of Mercy

If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he wrongs you seven times in one day and returns to

Read More »
Career
Erin Cain

Ora et Labora

St. Benedict gives us a remarkable example of discipline. His simple motto, Ora et labora—pray and work—is still relevant to our own lives, so many centuries

Read More »
Columnists
Erin Cain

Giving Our Crumbs

But they said to him, “Five loaves and two fish are all we have here.” Then he said, “Bring them here to me,” and he

Read More »
Life
Erin Cain

Blind Spots

Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might

Read More »
Life
Lauren Meyers

Election Year: A Time for Mercy

In an election year where there has been so much division, I think we all recognize that there is a widespread experience of disillusionment and disappointment.

Read More »
Family
Jean Elizabeth Seah

Perception and Pain

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered. —G. K. Chesterton When I was little, one of my

Read More »