Do you remember the movie “The Ten Commandments?” I was in high school when I first watched it. Since then, I have watched it ...

Jewish tradition is clear: the Torah was never corrupted—only neglected or misunderstood at times by its people. The rebukes of the prophets are never about a lost or falsified Torah, but about Israel ...

I believe I have written about this topic in previous years. But, sometimes the on-going frustration from one of life’s ...

Reflecting on this Sunday's readings, Msgr. Joseph Prior explains the great gift of God's love for us, and how gratitude to God brings the gift of joy despite all of life's busyness.

Life is fragile and short, but it is, and its consequences, are eternal, which makes it all the more important to look at life closer than ever before, and from various angles as well. Everything on ...

My family and I were all gathered for a birthday party recently. My sister was having fun taking pictures of us and in one ...

Years ago, a group of college students decided to form an “Apathy Club” on their campus. They advertised the meeting but ...

The church acknowledges three creeds: the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene-Constantinople Creed and the Athanasian Creed.

In the next life will we still grieve over certain things? While all believers look forward to being with their Lord in heaven forever, ...

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NKJV: “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are ...

Saint Anthony, patron of lost souls, I ask you to keep in mind a particular lost soul, Name, Who I fear is in danger of ...