Archives

  • Doubting Thomas and Mercy

    Thomas believed in Jesus. He had followed Jesus and had made the decision to set his life by Jesus. Now, Jesus had been killed – even dying the death of a common criminal. The weight of the world’s sin, violence and injustice had crushed Thomas’ hope.

  • A Worrier’s Guide to Peace

    How many times do we panic and spend countless hours worrying without ever asking for the Lord’s help? And when we do turn to him, how often is it only because we’ve reached the end of our rope?

  • The Conditions of Discipleship

    Choosing life with Christ means that every relationship we have must be understood from a new perspective. For many in Matthew’s community, this choice brought division to their family.

  • The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry

    Christians see differently, and that is why their prayer, their worship, their action, their whole way of being in the world have a distinctive accent and flavor.

  • Am I The Last One?

    Am I the last Catholic who loves Jesus and believes in the Lord and the Church, and is excited about the faith? …Sometimes it feels like I’m one in 450!

  • Courage Under Persecution

    Persecution and suffering can not be avoided or prevented. But Jesus reassures his disciples that God knows and cares about what happens to his children.

  • Christ’s Fire and the Revolution of the Heart

    God is a God of powerful and vulnerable love. Jesus knows exactly what we will do to his Sacred Heart, and instead of wrapping it in protection, he holds it out, burning with love.

  • The Distinctly Catholic Doctrine

    There is one doctrine in particular that you need to get right: the papacy. If Catholics are right about the papacy, everyone should be Catholic. If Catholics are wrong about the papacy, nobody should be Catholics.

  • The Cross and the Mass

    Excerpts from Fr. Barbour’s homily for Corpus Christi Sunday about the Eucharist being the most perfect symbol that contains the things it symbolizes.