Month: September 2023

Once upon a time, a brother and sister were given a chance to share a candy bar. Their mother said, “One of you gets to cut the candy bar in half and the other one gets to choose first between …

La Eucaristía es siempre Acción de Gracias y un encuentro de hermanos y hermanas en torno a Jesús, que se hace “presencia viva” y “alimento para el camino.” Él parte para nosotros el pan y nos explica las Escrituras, dándonos …

El cristianismo, nuestra práctica de la religión, está lleno de palabras hermosas. Pero las palabras no lo son todo – a veces ni siquiera son lo más importante. En la vida católica, lo más importante son los hechos, los hechos …

One of the customs in our parish is that we do not stray from the truth when we gather to worship. We do not do anything “fake” when we are in church. So, we do not allow plastic flowers, we …

What a joy to celebrate the feast of the three Archangels: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael! The word ‘Archangel’ means ‘high-ranking angel’—the same way that ‘archbishop’ means a high-ranking bishop, for example.

Saint Michael won the battle over Satan when Satan …

“Christ is reserved in our churches as the spiritual center of the heart of the community, the universal Church and all humanity, since within the veil of the species, Christ is contained, the invisible heart of the Church, the …

Hace unas semanas, el Papa Francisco lamentó que en este tiempo moderno hayamos “perdido el sentido de la adoración” y por ello aseguró que “necesitamos recuperar el sentido del culto en silencio, de la adoración.”

Según el Santo Padre, “La …

St. Vincent de Paul was born in France to poor parents in 1581. At a young age, he showed talent in reading and writing so his parents sold their family oxen to send him to the seminary. St. Vincent became …

In Luke 8, 16-18, Jesus talks about God’s Word as something which cannot (and must not) be hidden. We are not a “mystery religion” in the sense that the Gospel is only for a small group of “insiders.” As …

Psalm 145 reminds us today that “the Lord is just in all His ways, gracious and merciful.” The Prophet Isaiah’s words (spoken on behalf of the Lord God) probably ought to be understood in light of the Psalm: “My thoughts …