Q: I need an answer. Our son had been suffering from clinical depression since he was 4 years old. All of the doctors and all of the medications we tried over the years seemed to do little to help. One year ago, his own son died in an auto accident at the age of 24, […]
John Garvey | Intellect and Virtue: Technology humanizes precious life
Ultrasound technology was in its early days when my wife and I were having children. Pictures of our babies in utero always looked like Rohrschach blots to me. I couldn’t tell top from bottom. The doctors could, though. It became possible for the first time to tell the sex of the baby before it was […]
Father John Catoir: A heartfelt ode to Mary
It gives me great pleasure to tell you that I love Mary. I not only love her, but I obey her. I love her because she is the mother of my Lord and savior, Jesus Christ. I obey her. As the mother of Jesus, she is a mother with authority. Jesus is bone of her […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion | 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: God, the law-giver
Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8; James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 The Book of Deuteronomy provides this weekend’s first reading. In it, Moses presents to the people the revelation he received of God’s law. It is God’s law, revealed by God, not the invention of Moses given on the authority of Moses. While he was […]
Sister Janet Rose, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity: Walking humbly with God
You have been told, O mortal, what is good, and what the LORD requires of you: Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8) The Lord is the grounding point of my life. From driving a tractor on a dairy farm where I grew up, to […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Should we go to weddings of cohabitating couples?
Q: My husband and I have an issue that we really struggle with. We are often invited to the wedding of a Catholic couple who have already been living together. We understand cohabitation before marriage to be very wrong in the eyes of God and of the church. Should we go to these weddings? It […]
John Garvey: The pill and same-sex marriage
Many people have expressed surprise at the speed with which same-sex unions went from being a crime and a sin to being a constitutional right. Exactly 50 years ago, to far less fanfare, the Supreme Court of the United States decided that married couples had a constitutional right to prescription contraceptives. (The FDA had approved […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Control
I’ve been thinking a lot about Adam and Eve lately. I’ll say why in a minute. First, let’s look at the story. God creates the earth and fills it with all that is necessary to sustain life. Its abundance is that of a lush garden. He creates a man and a woman to tend this […]
Manaolana | Lisa Gomes: How is the church structured?
YOUCAT*: In the Church there are the laity and clerics. As children of God, they are of equal dignity. They have equally important but different tasks. The mission of the laity is to direct the whole world toward the kingdom of God. In addition, there are the ordained ministers (clerics), who have the duties of […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: Family play day
Today’s tip: Hold a “family play day” for a few hours on a Saturday for young adult parents. I am a rookie parent and it is difficult. I used to jump at any great adult faith formation opportunity from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on a weeknight, but now I just can’t decide on whether […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 178
- 179
- 180
- 181
- 182
- …
- 214
- Next Page »
