In the New Testament we hear Jesus saying “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.” After Jesus’s Resurrection, the Apostles were teaching and the words “the Way,” or the “Nazarene sect” are used in referencing Jesus’s teachings of the resurrection and salvation. It is not familiar to me. Does this text appear in any of the Sunday readings (A, B, C years)?

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about hope–just the simple idea of it. Of course, we need hope more than ever today, but more importantly, we need real hope, which is to say: we need hope in real things. A year ago, it would have been a more difficult point to make–the idea of hoping […]

In the Old Testament, there is a line which says “the tables on which was the bread of the Presence.” Is this about bread given to honor God’s presence?

The Liturgical Year – September 8, Mary’s birthday; Our Quest for Happiness – Summary of Errors contrary to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity and the Athanasian Creed; True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin – The Wearing of Little Chains; Hamon’s Meditations – Pride; Sin Pandemic. 

Peter suggests adding just one extra decade a day to your prayers. Part 2 of his interview on Compassionate Capitalism with Gerard Hasenhuettl.

“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the Earth”, Jesus tells his audience in the Sermon on the Mount, as St. Matthew relates to us in the 5th verse of chapter 5. That passage can prove challenging to men, as they often misunderstand its meaning. Meekness is not weakness, but rather humility as we control the will […]