As we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday as a Church and a nation, it is an appropriate time to give thanks for the meal Christ has given to us every day in the Eucharist. Writer David Werning looks at the Church’s consistent teaching
The decision by Pope Francis to add the memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, to the universal liturgical calendar will, undoubtedly, prompt the publication of many commentaries and opinions, not to mention the thousands of homilies that will
In this, the final article of Our Sunday Visitor’s series “Foundations of the Faith,” the subject matter — appropriately — is the four last things as handed on by our Catholic faith: death, judgment, hell and heaven. Reflecting on such ominous topics
Fifteen years ago, on Oct. 16, 2002, Pope St. John Paul II released his apostolic letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae (“The Rosary of the Virgin Mary”), which introduced to the Church a new set of mysteries for the Rosary to complement the traditional
The Year of Mercy promulgated by Pope Francis comes to a close on the feast of Christ the King (Nov. 20). The original announcement was made last year during a homily at a penance service presided over by the pope, who said,
Pope Francis chose as the motto for the Year of Mercy the phrase, “Merciful like the Father” (Misericordiae Vultus, No. 14). He wants to encourage all of us who believe in God to share with others the mercy we have received from
Walking down a city street, who has not encountered a homeless man sitting on a sidewalk and begging for alms? Blessed Frederic Ozanam (1813-53) witnessed such a scene every day as a student in Paris when he walked to his classes at
“In order to live in one single act of perfect love, I offer myself as a victim of holocaust to your merciful love. Asking you to consume me incessantly, allowing the waves of infinite tenderness shut up within you to overflow into
“Save yourself” (Lk 23:37) was the contempt hurled at Jesus as he hung upon the cross. The religious leaders, the Roman guards, even one of the criminals hanging with him, could see nothing but death in the crucifixion of Jesus. Even Jesus,
Throughout her life, Blessed Mother Teresa acted as the face of Christ while she served the needs of those on society’s margins