Reflections on the Scripture readings for Dec. 10, Second Sunday of AdventDeacon Greg Kandra
Is 40:1-5, 9-11 Ps 85:9-10-11-12, 13-14 2 Pt 3:8-14 Mk 1:1-8 If nothing else, Advent should remind us of this inconvenient truth: We are people in a hurry. The other day, I was leaving Walmart ...
The Sacred Heart Review publishes its first issue 135 years agoThomas Lester
On Dec. 1, 1888 -- 135 years ago -- appeared the first issue of the Sacred Heart Review, a weekly newspaper published by Sacred Heart Parish in Cambridge. The first issue provides insight into the publication's ...
'Longing': Learning about Eucharistic desire from St. Elizabeth Ann SetonMichael R. Heinlein
My family made a recent visit to the new museum at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland. I've always been drawn to St. Elizabeth's story. I remember how it fascinated ...
The Didache: An ancient catechism, a contemporary messageKenneth Craycraft
Only 150 years ago, in October 1873, Eastern Orthodox theologian (and later Metropolitan of Nicomedia) Philotheos Bryennios made a monumental discovery in the bowels of the library of the Great School ...
How to mix religion and politicsRussell Shaw
After Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, the New York Times pronounced him part of the Christian nationalist movement. Then it hastened to find a sociologist ...
A moment to give thanksMichael Reardon
Facts are stubborn things. The board president of the Catholic Schools Foundation reminds me of this quite frequently as he challenges me to look past noise, politics, and opinion as we seek best to fulfill ...
Scripture reflections for Nov. 26, Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the UniverseDeacon Greg Kandra
Ez 43:11-12, 15-17 Ps 23:1-2, 2-3, 5-6 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28 Mt 25:31-46 Are we here already? Suddenly, we find ourselves at the end of the liturgical year, gazing down the road toward Advent and ...
The first bishop of the new diocese of Burlington, Vermont, arrivesViolet Hurst
On Saturday, Nov. 5, 1853 -- 170 years ago this month -- thousands of Catholics gathered at the train station in Burlington, Vermont, hoping to catch a glimpse of their new bishop, Louis de Goesbriand. On ...
Supreme Court and the new abortion caseRussell Shaw
Chances are good the Supreme Court soon will agree -- indeed, may have done so by the time you read this -- to hear a case pitting efforts to clamp down on mail order abortion against government efforts ...
Reflections on the Scripture readings for Nov. 12, Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary TimeDeacon Greg Kandra
Wis 6:12-16 Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 1 Thes 4:13-18 1 Thes 4:13-14 (alternate) Mt 25:1-13 It's that time of year again. In much of the country, the leaves are falling, nights are lengthening, ...
