Scripture Reflection for March 23, 2025, Third Sunday of LentFather Joshua J. Whitfield
Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15 Ps 103: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12 Lk 13:1-9 This certainly isn't Jesus at his most pastoral. By pastoral, of course, I mean things like kindness, gentleness, speaking ...
The Veronicas of Ordinary TimeLucia A. Silecchia
Like so many during Lent, I found myself last Friday night at a small parish church for the Stations of the Cross. In the evening quiet, the last light of day still glimmered through the windows, reminding ...
Addressing unnecessary human suffering: Migration todayBishop Nicholas DiMarzio
In the more than 30 articles I have written in the last three years, I have spoken from the perspective of a person with a Ph.D. in social work, concentrating on the study of migration. My doctoral dissertation ...
Does the church grant annulments in cases of marital infidelity?Jenna Marie Cooper
Q: I know the church investigates divorces and grants a "Decree of Nullity" if there is sufficient evidence of some foundational issue with the marriage, such as deception, unwillingness to have children, ...
Prayer, fasting, and almsgivingFather Robert M. O'Grady
We are about a quarter of the way through the season of Lent. So, the words of the column's title are familiar to us as they return each Lent in the prayers of the liturgy and in our own practices. Although ...
FOCUSArchbishop Richard G. Henning
A few days before the beginning of Lent, I had the opportunity to celebrate Holy Mass and spend time with the FOCUS missionaries who serve here in the Archdiocese of Boston. FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic ...
Bringing Hope to Those on the MarginsMaureen Crowley Heil
Though raised in different parts of Sri Lanka, Josiah Roninson and his seminary classmates call themselves 'brothers.' From the city and seashore, peaceful and war-torn, their upbringings could ...
The works of the Father: How Jesus teaches us to liveDr. R. Jared Staudt
God has appointed us to bear fruit. In the spiritual life, it can be hard to judge whether we are blossoming or wilting, so often trapped in isolated thoughts and feelings. Jesus, however, stands as our ...
What are the different kinds of sin?Jenna Marie Cooper
Q: At a recent Mass, the priest talked about "mortal sin," about which I'd previously heard, but then he mentioned "venial sins" and "temporal sins," and even "sins of omission." I'm not familiar with ...
The prayer that Jesus taught usFather Robert M. O'Grady
The eighth and final of the "Notes on Prayer" series is the result of a collaboration between the late Father Ugo Vanni, an Argentinian Jesuit New Testament scholar who spent most of his teaching career ...
