Commentary The idea of union with God is, for most people, alternately attractive and terrifying. Attractive, because no matter how far we have fallen through the sin of Adam and our own personal sins, we cannot shake the feeling that such a union is what we were made for by the very God to whom […]
Scott P. Richert: New perspective can revive faith
Commentary Like most Catholics, my family and I have a particular pew (or at least a section of pews) that we normally sit in. During the Christmas season, however, for daily Mass or my holy hour, I often sit in the front row on the far-left side, as you face the altar. At Sts. Peter […]
Scott P. Richert: Our common home deserves notice
Commentary We live in an old house, my family and I. Its beauty and craftsmanship are a marvel to behold. Sometimes in the morning, as I sit in an armchair in the entrance hall, reading a passage from Scripture or “The Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers,” a particular detail of the hand-carved woodwork catches […]