The Eucharistic Prayers -- variety and similarityFather Robert M. O'Grady
During the coming weeks, we'll be looking at individual Eucharistic Prayers that are in the present Roman Missal. Prior to doing that, and so seeing the variety of them available to priests and people, ...
A Most Unusual Mission MosaicMaureen Crowley Heil
With tombstones for beds and grave markers for pillows, thousands of families in Manila will go to sleep tonight in the cemetery they call home. In the bustling capital city of the Philippines, the most ...
A new windScott Hahn
The giving of the Spirit to the new people of God crowns the mighty acts of the Father in salvation history. The Jewish feast of Pentecost called all devout Jews to Jerusalem to celebrate their birth ...
Scripture Reflection for May 19, 2024, Pentecost SundayJem Sullivan
Acts 2:1-11 Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Gal 5:16-25 Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15 When St. John Paul II was elected to the papacy in 1978, among his first words to ...
Can I go to a Methodist church since there are no Catholic churches nearby?Jenna Marie Cooper
Q: I recently moved to a rural area, and my current parish is now nearly an hour drive away. There are no Catholic churches in my new area. There is, however, a Methodist church right across the street ...
Ascended into heavenJaymie Stuart Wolfe
There are feasts, and then there are Feasts-with-a-capital-F. Everyone puts Christmas and Easter into the high holy days category, and practically nobody puts the Ascension there. But they should. Whenever ...
May is packed with joy, meaning and mystical wonderBishop Robert Reed
As a child, May was always an exciting month for me -- partly because the school year was almost over, but also because of the special Marian devotions and activities that took place. We students created ...
The Eucharistic PrayerFather Robert M. O’Grady
It's the longest of the prayers at any Mass. It comes in multiple forms. It is not always easy to follow or, better, to pray. It seems like only the celebrant is praying. This most important prayer ...
Celebrating Mothers in the MissionsMaureen Crowley Heil
Do you know anyone whose birthday is near Christmas? Have you heard them complain that at least at some point in their lives, people would give them one gift telling them that it "counted" for both celebrations? ...
The kingdom remainsScott Hahn
Today's First Reading begins by giving us a time frame -- the events take place during the days between Christ's Ascension and Pentecost. We're at the same point in our liturgical year. On ...
