The Coronavirus and a supernatural outlook
Guest post by Fr. John Corrigan, Victoria, Australia. Bishops all over the world have introduced temporary protocols to address the risk of contagion. Some will
Guest post by Fr. John Corrigan, Victoria, Australia. Bishops all over the world have introduced temporary protocols to address the risk of contagion. Some will
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
In a fit of frustration and anguish (due to my own actions, or lack thereof), my husband did something drastic that he had never done
This week, I helped facilitate the confession line for a group of middle-schoolers. Many were nervous; several had not gone to confession in years. I
The gospel reading about Jesus cursing the fig tree befuddles me at best, leaves me disoriented at worst. WHY DID JESUS CURSE THE FIG TREE?!?
Conversion and reversion stories never fail to fascinate. Stories of how and why a person freely decides to embrace the Catholic Faith, or return to
After going to Confession at the Cathedral, on several occasions my boyfriend and I have been blessed to be able to bring blessings to others
Sin is not wanting too much, but settling for too little. It’s settling for self-gratification rather than self-fulfillment. — Scott Hahn, First Comes Love: Finding
As we sat in the confession queue one Saturday afternoon at the Cathedral, my (newly-minted Catholic) boyfriend remarked to a friend: “I’ve never seen a
“Abuse (and the trauma that results from it) causes not only the anxiety of meaninglessness and the anxiety of guilt, but also the anxiety of
By guest writer Louis Felix Figueroa. My body was strung out on the couch and pain filled every part of me. This was the changing
If you do not forgive others, neither will your Heavenly Father forgive you. Jesus could have said this to the scribes and Pharisees accusing the
Have you ever had that experience of walking away from the Sacrament of Reconciliation with an almost overwhelming sense of guilt? A sense of, “Do
I am not a natural deep cleaner. Extensive projects that involve organizing minutiae, inordinate scrubbing, and rubber gloves are just not my thing. Now I’m
I’ll be honest, more often than not when I pass a homeless person or someone begging on the side of the road I give them
My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart. In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I have sinned
It was a debate, a debate that dominated my prayer the night before, my getting ready the day of, and the drive there on that
A friend of mind had just learned of my decision to join the Catholic faith. He was nice about it, that is, he didn’t give me
The title is a Facebook status that one of my friends once posted. When I saw it, I thought she was asking for prayers because
When I first heard about indulgences I was pretty skeptical; they can sound so cold, clear-cut and strangely precise in an imprecise world. Now that
So once again in Australia we see the inner workings of the Catholic Church being dissected by an audience that has little understanding of, or