Scripture Reflection for Jan. 19, 2025, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Deacon Greg Kandra
Is 62:1-5 Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10 1 Cor 12:4-11 Jn 2:1-11 Who couldn't use a miracle right about now? After weeks of parties and packages, planning and platters, the world returns to something ...
Why do we baptize infants, and why was Jesus baptized?Jenna Marie Cooper
Q: Some Evangelical friends were recently quizzing me on the Catholic understanding of baptism. They were especially asking about Jesus' baptism, and whether this indicates Jesus had some sin or sins ...
In Pacific Palisades, paradise lostGreg Erlandson
I have trouble talking about the loss without tearing up, as if the smoke and ash from Los Angeles traveled across country to find me. My in-laws were French immigrants to California, proud Americans, ...
Let There be Peace on Earth Maureen Crowley Heil
As is the custom, on December 26, the Feast of Saint Stephen, proto martyr of our faith, a report was released by Fides, the news agency of the Pontifical Mission Societies at the Vatican. The annual ...
What is enlightenment? -- among angels and usMichael Pakaluk
intellectual historian I once knew used to say that you can really break through to understanding a deep thinker, if, when you encounter some bizarre passage, instead of dismissing it, you try to figure ...
Catholic Schools WeekArchbishop Richard G. Henning
As we get further from the pandemic crisis that gripped the world in 2020, I hope that we are willing to examine our choices and learn from them. I am sorry to say that I think that the lockdown efforts ...
Praying during the Holy YearFather Robert M. O'Grady
With the apt title "Prayer Today: A Challenge to Overcome," Cardinal Angelo Comastri leads off the series of prayer guides for the Holy Year 2025. Cardinal Comastri is not the first and will not be the ...
Happy New Year!Eileen McLaughlin
As a lifelong educator, I've always had multiple opportunities to celebrate the New Year -- once in September with the launch of the school year and again in January when the calendar shifted. I ...
The anointingScott Hahn
The Liturgy last week revealed the mystery of God's plan -- that in Jesus all peoples, symbolized by the Magi, have been made "coheirs" to the blessings promised to Israel. This week, we're shown ...
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Culture & Events
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In Pacific Palisades, paradise lostGreg Erlandson
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Scripture Reflection for Jan. 19, 2025, Second Sunday in Ordinary TimeDeacon Greg Kandra
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Happy New Year!Eileen McLaughlin
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Joyful hopeMichael Reardon
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Scripture Reflection for Jan. 5, 2025, The Epiphany of the LordDeacon Greg Kandra
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Tolkien's world, still popular on the big screen, began with faith and wordsCecilia Hadley
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Scripture Reflection for Dec. 22, 2024, Fourth Sunday of AdventDeacon Greg Kandra
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Getting adult children to Christmas MassGreg Erlandson
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The work of redemptionEileen McLaughlin
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Faith & Family
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Why do we baptize infants, and why was Jesus baptized?Jenna Marie Cooper
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Praying during the Holy YearFather Robert M. O'Grady
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Catholic Schools WeekArchbishop Richard G. Henning
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Let There be Peace on Earth Maureen Crowley Heil
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The anointingScott Hahn
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Ancient wisdom for the modern desert: Bishop Varden on the Desert FathersDr. R. Jared Staudt
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Why is Mary's perpetual virginity so controversial for Protestants?Jenna Marie Cooper
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Holidays of Ordinary TimesLucia A. Silecchia
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Scripture Reflection for Jan. 12, 2025, Feast of the Baptism of the LordFather Joshua J. Whitfield
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The jubilee of jubileesFather Robert M. O’Grady
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Spirituality
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What is enlightenment? -- among angels and usMichael Pakaluk
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The 'Catena Aurea': Read the Gospel this Advent with St. Thomas AquinasMichael Pakaluk
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Focus on GodEffie Caldarola
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Some thoughts upon returning from the second session of the synodBishop Robert Barron
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The actual great transformationMichael Pakaluk
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Reunions in graveyardsEffie Caldarola
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Newman and the start of the academic yearMichael Pakaluk
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Deer in the dusky eveningEffie Caldarola
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Underground RailroadEffie Caldarola
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Demographic decline as caused by 'procreation'Michael Pakaluk
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In Depth
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What went wrong in the Sexual Revolution? New documentary takes a lookLizzy Joslyn
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Does God make people gay? A theologian respondsMary Rezac Catholic News Agency
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Why Catholics should beware as high-tech 'deepfake' videos emergeKevin Jones
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Cardinal Caffarra explains the reasons behind the dubiaCatholic News Agency
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