When many people think of the meaning of Christ’s resurrection, they think of eternal life with God in heaven, free from all pain. And that is right and just. But as Our Sunday Visitor columnist Kenneth Craycraft argues, the Resurrection has a
Our Sunday Visitor publisher Scott Richert writes about the recent death of his aunt and how her passing serves as a reminder that each of us is called to remember our own deaths: “I don’t mind being melancholic on All Souls’ Day.
A reader writes: “Many who might otherwise accept God’s punishment of sinners are still dismayed that hell is eternal. Why should one be punished eternally for sins committed over a brief time span, perhaps in just a moment? The punishment does not
A reader asks: “The Book of Wisdom says, ‘For God formed man to be imperishable; the image of his own nature he made him. But by the envy of the devil, death entered the world, and they who are allied with him
Publisher Scott Richert writes that too many Christians follow a diluted, neutered and tamed version of the Gospel that simply looks at morality as nothing more than a series of statements of the form “thou shalt” and “thou shalt not” or as
Anyone who thinks eternal life will be boring should ask a couple in love whether they want that love to endure forever, said the preacher of the papal household.
Human beings are "finite beings capable of the infinite, mortal beings with an innate
In the Opening the Word for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Timothy P. O’Malley writes about Jesus calling Lazarus from the tomb saying, “Lazarus, come out!” The raising of Lazarus through a word recalls the very creation of the world. In Genesis
Assistant editor Ava Lalor shares her experience at her parish, where they have been formulating a five year plan for the community. At large parish meetings, they were asked to discuss what they are doing well, what they could improve on, and
Two items in the news at the start of Advent seemed to be the world’s nod of appreciation for our need for this reflective, penitential season. The first was the passing of President George Herbert Walker Bush. Although at times it seemed
When the world looked at the face of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, it saw pure, simple joy. Then, in 2007, 10 years after Blessed Teresa’s death, a collection of her private letters was published. Suddenly, the joy that the tiny sister from