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Pilgrimage of Trust in Cape Town
Several thousand young adults will gather from South Africa,other African countries and beyond in a Pilgrimage of Trust: Celebrating Christ, Source of peace and true reconciliation Praying, singing, being in silence and sharing faith Discovering people of different cultures and their lives Experiencing the Church as a ferment of unity and communion Accommodation with local … [Read more…]
14th Sunday of the Year, Year C
To be part of a Christian community is to belong to a group of believers who shun selfishness and give witness to God’s love by loving and caring for one another.
Did the Ascension Really Happen?
At the climax of the forty days spent with the disciples after his resurrection, Jesus ascended bodily into heaven. Catholics have always understood this to be a literal, miraculous event. We believe it really happened—and as a universal Church, we celebrated the Feast of the Ascension just a couple weeks ago. But the dogma also has its … [Read more…]
Dante’s Roadmap to Paradise
Dante’s vision of the afterlife centers upon two features: order and motion. The world is truly ordered and orderly, and yet within it there is great movement. It is clear to all that there is order within the world, that the world follows certain rules and fits together in a definite way. Scientists study the … [Read more…]
In Defense of Exaggerated Marian Devotion
Protestants aren’t the only ones who find Catholic devotion to Mary a bit over-the-top sometimes. A lot of Catholics find other Catholics, including great saints like Alphonsus Liguori and Louis de Montfort, to be a little “much” when talking about the Virgin Mary. I get it. Take the Salve Regina, for example: it calls Mary … [Read more…]
Meet Our Newest Word on Fire Institute Fellows!
The Word on Fire Institute is growing every day! We are pleased to share with you a few more Fellows that we have brought in to the Institute to form you as an active and effective evangelist. Be sure to read about the Fellows below, and for more information about the Word on Fire Institute, … [Read more…]
The Catholic Priesthood Needs the Laity’s Help, and Double-Quick
Recently writer James Carroll, a former priest who has been publically working out his issues with the Church for several decades, wrote a piece recommending that the Catholic priesthood be abolished. His argument is, in essence, that the only way to save our Eucharistic Church is by the laity ridding itself of our troublesome priests, and … [Read more…]
St. Boniface and the Idols of the Day
Chop! Chop! Chop! Wiping away the perspiration rolling down his broad forehead, the burly Englishman heaved his axe and struck again. Chop! Chop! Chop! The bitter cursing that greeted his first swings died down to an uneasy grumble. “How stiff-necked man can be,” he thought. “Old Elijah knew that,” he mused, remembering a snippet of … [Read more…]
I Can Suffer
I changed my mind; I had to write this out and share. I just had a remarkable conversation with a woman, whose identity I will not reveal, though she gave me permission to share her insight. Her insight is simple, and so powerful in a way simplicity alone can be. However, most of its power … [Read more…]