Epiphany and the Simple Movement of Love
Anthony Lilles
January 5, 2026
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‘The heart has its eyes. Those who open them truly understand what is at stake.” – Dr. Anthony Lilles
The Paradoxes of Christmas
Msgr. Charles Pope
December 24, 2025
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“There are many paradoxes and seeming impossibilities in the Incarnation. They cannot be fully solved, so they claim our reverence.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“Watch!”
Fr. Derek Sakowski
December 20, 2025
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“The command of Jesus to ‘watch’ is plural. He is not inviting an isolated and individualistic watchfulness, but a shared path of noticing and responding.” – Fr. Derek Sakowski
Ecclesial Thanksgiving: St. Leo the Great and the Advent Ember Days
Nicholas Shelton
December 13, 2025
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“If you feasted at Thanksgiving, consider fasting this week with those Christians who still observe this ancient tradition.” – Nicholas Anthony Shelton
Crushing the Demon of Human Sacrifice: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Fr. Tony Stephens CPM
December 10, 2025
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“As we approach the fifth centenary of Her apparitions, we must continue to pray for the conversion of heart of those who do not value the sanctity of life at all stages from conception to natural death. ” – Fr. Tony Stephens
Mary’s Immaculate Conception Is Fitting as Well as Faithful to Scripture
Msgr. Charles Pope
December 4, 2025
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“In Heaven, having been freed of all our sins and purified by the blood of Christ, we too will be rightfully called immaculate (without stain). Mary’s feast is ours, too, by way of promise.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
Praying With the Liturgical Calendar, Living Within the Church’s Seasons
Sarah Damm
December 4, 2025
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“Let us respond generously to the invitation to remain in this divine cycle, moving from one season to the other and receiving the grace and wisdom the liturgical and natural seasons offer in every season of life.” – Sarah Damm
The Advent Longing of St. John of the Cross
Glenn Dickinson
November 29, 2025
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“St. John of the Cross has a lot to say about the danger, not of desires, but of attachments. The disciplines he encourages are not meant to destroy desire but to teach us what desire is for.” – Glenn Dickinson
Sacred Silence: The Role of Stillness in Meeting Christ in the Eucharist
Christopher Carstens
June 4, 2025
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“If God appreciates silence, and if Christ surrounded his saving work with silence, then we too should expect to encounter him in the silence—especially in a Eucharistic encounter.” – Christopher Carstens
Repentance: Embracing Jesus (Part 2)
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
March 25, 2025
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“Hence, repentance is the only true and lasting stability we have in this life. In a world, and in a time when everything is uncertain, Jesus Christ is certain.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock