Entries for 2025

Source Holy Week is the most important week in Catholicism. This week of great reverence and reflection spans the final eight days of Jesus’ life—from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. It is astounding how much wisdom, insight and inspiration are available to us during this one week. Here...

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Source Holy Week honors the week that changed the world. From Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday, there were many events that are vital to our faith, including the Institution of the Eucharist, the Passion of Jesus, and His Resurrection from the dead. Read More

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Source Moments before his death, we hear Jesus call out from the cross, “I thirst.” As many people wiser and holier than I have pointed out, this thirst is not merely one out of bodily necessity but a spiritual one. Jesus thirsts for us. If this is true and Jesus does truly thirst ...

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Source The massive success of The Chosen—a first-of-its-kind multi-season series about the ministry of Jesus—is spearheading a revival in biblically themed film and TV. The culture, it seems, is shifting in a remarkable way.  And now it’s the kids’ turn to join in ...

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Source “The Rosary is the weapon for these times.”—St. Padre Pio. I’m a 29-year old Catholic with a wife, an eleven month-old daughter, and a son on the way. If you are like me, you look at the world we live in and are genuinely concerned for the family you are responsi...

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Source In the first century, the early Christians celebrated every Sunday in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus. By the second century, they established a particular day for the celebration of the resurrection, which was connected to the Jewish Passover. Their observance began at sundo...

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Source I worked at a Catholic summer camp a few years ago. I asked a seminarian who was serving with me what the biggest takeaway for him was so far. He answered with a profound statement: “I have found prayer as leisure this summer.” This sentence changed my whole perspective on pray...

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Holy Week honors the week that changed the world. From Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday, there were many events that are vital to our faith, including the Institution of the Eucharist, the Passion of Jesus, and His Resurrection from the dead. Read More

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There is no path to happiness in this life unless you can make sense of suffering, and Christianity is the only religion or philosophy that understands the transformative value of suffering. While the whole world is doing everything it can to avoid and drown out their pain and suffering, we are remi...

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Source Reflection: The king who comes in peace I have dreamed of visiting Israel and Palestine since I was a seminary student in the 1990s. But due to various reasons I was unable to visit until Fall of 2023. When I finally went to visit Jerusalem, I was excited to see the Mount of Olives and ...

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