When we suffer well

Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about the Hard as Nails mission at St. Matthew Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dominican Father Peter John Cameron’s approach to the mission is, as St. Paul, that going to people in his weakness and fear and trembling,

Can pets love us back?

Question: Can our pets love us? — Paul VanHoudt,  Erie, Colorado Answer: No, our pets cannot love us in any human sense of the word. Love requires freedom and a rational soul. It is clear that pets, especially dogs and (sometimes) cats,

Lacking in Christ?

Question: In Col 1:24, we read about our sufferings “filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ.” What does it mean that something was lacking in Christ’s affliction? Does this refer to redemptive suffering and, if so, is the service