Columnists
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

The Vice of Anger

When I’ve struggled with “anger” in the past, I’ve often thought, in the moment, that I was being reasonable. Nonetheless, more often than not, I’ve

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Politics
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

Wrath and Criticism

Criticism can be a good thing. But wrathful criticism is not. How do we discern the difference between spiritual wrath and righteous anger? For some,

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Life
Guest Writer

True Freedom

Guest post by Br. Joseph Selinger, OP. Freedom does not come from the ability to move about, to go where one pleases, and determine our

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Religion
Guest Writer

The Purpose of Penance

Guest post by Fr. Goyo Hidalgo, California.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Fr. Goyo (@frgoyo) on Feb 28, 2020

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Columnists
Fr. Joseph Gill

Do We Get A Second Chance?

This past week, as the world was still remembering the death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, a high school principal in Washington State posted on

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Columnists
Fr. Joseph Gill

True Freedom

The Church where I serve, the Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist, has the unique honor of having the funeral of a potential saint here.

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Columnists
Erin Cain

Dying to Self

Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just

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Life
Matthew Heinrich

Beware what Crosses the Jordan

The following was a reflection I prepared for my prayer group, but I am also indebted to them for some of the insights that followed.

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