When a NASA-run social media account posted that color is not inherent in matter, but is a subjective phenomenon rooted in the human mind, Catholic social media erupted in protest, accusing NASA of relativism. But the observation that color is not a
Publisher Scott P. Richert reflects on the profound sense of absence and difference in Catholic churches during the 48 hours from the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday to the Easter Vigil, when the tabernacle sits empty, symbolizing Christ's death.
As Matthew tells us in his gospel, at Christ’s death, “The earth quaked, rocks were split, tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised. And coming forth from their tombs after his resurrection, they entered
Why do we fast during Lent? Or rather, why do we as men and women in the 21st century need fasting? While this isn’t the chief purpose of the practice, writes Scott Richert, fasting can help us recover the sense of ourselves
It is no longer fashionable to give up something for Lent. Instead, many insist, we should take something on, especially if it helps others with their physical needs. But OSV publisher Scott Richert shows how reading the Church Fathers can adjust our
There’s something in the very nature of Italian hill towns that seems designed to create saints. OSV publisher Scott Richert explains that the very reality of having to walk uphill both ways as one goes about one’s daily life in Assisi slows
As the Rotary Club’s famous Four-Way Test puts it, we should ask, of whatever we think, say or do, is it the truth? But is our understanding of truth implicitly blinkered by modern rationalism? OSV publisher Scott Richert argues that reading the
What would you do if you saw a fellow Catholic walk over to a holy water font, pull out a squirt gun, fill it up with holy water, and begin shooting others with it? It might seem like an absurd question, but
In a world that still celebrates Christmas but has increasingly forgotten Christ, we remind one another that “Christ is the reason for the season” and urge our fellow man to “Keep Christ in Christmas,” but the way to do so is to
“What is Truth?” Pontius Pilate famously asked, as he stood before the Son of Man and the Son of God who had equally famously declared, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life.” Scott Richert found himself thinking of that