“Don’t sacrifice for your children—you will only resent them for it!” So a boss told me, decades ago. If she’s right, what does that say about the priesthood of Christ and his sacrifice? Surrendering what we’re reluctant to give, we’re likely to resent the beneficiaries
In the drama of the incarnation, Jesus is, of course, the star. That’s the way it is at every birth. All eyes are on the baby. The co-star, though, is definitely mom. Without her love and labor, the event could not have happened. In this
On Thursday’s Direct to My Desk, we asked you to recommend a book to give a loved one for Christmas. Here are your answers, along with a list of Al’s favorites. Calls from our Listeners A Rosary Litany by Fr. Edward Looney Return: How to
En una noche oscura, “On a dark night.” So begins his most famous poem. What is described, and what the great mystic wants to evoke, does not take place during the day, but at night. And not during any night we might know, but a night
“I want to be holy—can you teach me how?” What would your response be to that question? The Church’s answer has always been: “Do your duty.” More specifically: “Do the duties of your state in life, to the best of your ability, with great love.”
On Tuesday’s Direct to My Desk, we asked you to tell us the best book you never read. In other words, name a book that you’ve always wanted to read but haven’t gotten around to. Here is a list of your answers. The Fulfillment of
ARLINGTON – Bishop Michael F. Burbidge said that during these unsettling times, Catholics must imitate the witness of St. Thomas More by bringing the joy of the Gospel to the public arena with conviction and love. “We do so as we protect the unborn and
On December 12 we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This is the feast of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Juan Diego, a native Mexican peasant who experienced apparitions of Mary on the Hill of Tepeyac in present-day Mexico City. There
Today the Church celebrates the great Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. It is the day we celebrate how Our Heavenly Mother was the first to receive the merits of her Divine Son’s Paschal Mystery. Unlike us, she was born without the taint of Eve’s sin coursing
“Consider well the seed that gave you birth: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge” (Dante, ‘Inferno,’ Canto 26). The spiritual life is a constant battle to remember where we came from and where we must go. Satan’s strategies,
Praying the Rosary
Familiarize yourself with the prayers of the rosary.
