The “doldrums” are a windless area of the world’s oceans that impeded and slowed ships before the rise of motor driven seagoing vessels. It’s where we get a term for being emotionally stalled, morally adrift or spiritually mired. Just as sailors once
Be ready for Mass on the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Father Joshua Whitfield reflects on the parable of the landowner who hires laborers for his vineyard. The parable teaches us something about the inscrutable justice of God and the strange calculations
Bill Dodds discusses grace and three considerations of grace, writing " First, the dark side of this "compound interest" business. Sin builds on sin." Second, he says, "through grace, by grace, we can catch a glimpse of what, of who, we were
Writer Kenneth Craycraft examines Phil Klay’s short story “Fire in the Furnace” through a Catholic lens — one that is of particular relevance during the season of Lent. Klay tells the story of a Marine who feels guilty about the sins of
Father Patrick Biscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, shares a recent experience about visiting his former college campus: “When I returned to my former college campus to give a talk on the Eucharistic Revival, I expected to enjoy my friends and share
Publisher Scott Richert writes about how, while growing up in western Michigan, he had never seen a live cicada. He had heard their chirps and held their shells during his family’s travels, but he never actually saw a live one with his
Greg Popcak writes that while there are almost endless reasons to be frustrated and angry in our world today, our focus must always be on the face of Christ, which means finding the courage to face those problems with hope, with confidence
It seems strange — but accurate — to say the saints were a greedy bunch when it came to grace. They just wanted more, more, more — and pretty much would stop at nothing to get it. Sacrifice? Sure! Poverty? No problem!