In his latest column, Our Sunday Visitor editor Father Patrick Briscoe writes that while fake news is rampant and AI generated images can trick us into believing what we ordinarily would not, the evidence that Christ died on the cross and rose
Scripture tells us that the chief priests and the scribes had been looking for a way to put Jesus to death. Herod tried to kill Jesus when he was just an infant and ordered the massacre of the Holy Innocents. When he
As we continue on in our Lenten Journey, Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, anticipates the Fifth Sunday of Lent for a very particular reason: “The Fifth Sunday of Lent means one thing to me: It’s time to veil the
On Mar. 14, 2013, Pope Francis preached his first homily as pope to the cardinal electors, gathered in the Sistine Chapel for the “Missa Pro Ecclesia.” In that homily, the pope highlighted three keys, which would be constitutive of his pontificate: journeying,
The Knights of Columbus have announced a special nine-day prayer initiative to Saint Joseph for Pope Francis in view of the tenth year anniversary of his pontificate. The Novena will start on Sunday, 12 March, and conclude on Monday, 20 March, the day when the Solemnity
Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, writes about the All-Night Vigil, composed by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. He writes: “Thanks to the composer’s appreciation for the liturgy and liturgical chant, All-Night Vigil is a work of unparalleled transcendence, 75 uninterrupted
For St. Patrick’s Day, Father Patrick Briscoe, OP, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, reflects on his patron’s example and insights into the spiritual life: “Like St. Augustine, St. Patrick also wrote a confession. Patrick’s ‘Confessions’ is a marvelous personal testimony of faith,
Archbishop Borys Gudziak, archeparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, recently returned home from his 6th trip to Ukraine since the Russian invasion of February 24, 2022. His trip was not only to find ways to continue to support humanitarian efforts
Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, looks at the many moments in life where it seems we’re simply stuck between major points in our lives. He asks, “Where is God in the in-between times?” And then, he answers that very
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, archbishop of the Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Galicia, “is a bridge between different eras: the communist persecution of the Church, its revival, and its response to various modern challenges, including the