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Eternal life

By Fr. Richard Miserendino
No one is comfortable with death. This unease transcends all cultures and religions as they grapple with the inevitability, powerlessness, and the finality which death makes real.
11/1/25
Reading Time 3 min

Humble mercy

By Fr. Joseph M. Rampino
In a deeply insightful moment, the titular hero of G.K. Chesterton's “Father Brown” mystery series reveals the secret of his powers of deduction to his friend, the former thief Flambeau.
10/25/25
Reading Time 3 min

The calm of an integrated life

By Elizabeth Foss
We talk a lot these days about “peace” — inner peace, world peace, peace of mind. But if you look around, peace seems rarer than ever. We are restless, anxious, and divided, even as we chase every new method of mindfulness and self-optimization. Maybe the real secret is simpler — and older — than we think.
10/23/25
Reading Time 2 min

Faith and prayer

By Fr. Steven Oetjen
“If faith fails, prayer perishes,” said St. Augustine. When he read and meditated on today’s Gospel, he saw a deep connection between faith and prayer.
10/18/25
Reading Time 3 min

Return and give thanks

By Fr. Jack Peterson, YA
On his way to Jerusalem, Jesus encounters 10 lepers. Leprosy was one of the most-dreaded realities of his day. It resulted in tremendous pain, had no cure, led to a long, drawn-out death and caused religious and social isolation.
10/11/25
Reading Time 3 min

Our Lady of Good Counsel

By Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
Only two days after his May 8 election as the vicar of Christ and successor of St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV made the one-hour trip by car from the Vatican to the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy.
10/9/25
Reading Time 3 min

How to grow deep roots

By Christina Capecchi
There’s something about pumpkins. Lumpy and bumpy, impossibly orange, harbinger of harvest. Instant cheer on a front porch with a hint of moonlit mystery.
10/9/25
Reading Time 3 min

The little way in a big world

By Elizabeth Foss
The world seems big and overwhelming. We certainly were not designed to know as much as we do and absorb as much as we do and feel as much as we do.
10/8/25
Reading Time 3 min

Partial portraits

By Lucia A. Silecchia
Years ago, I was in an art gallery in Amsterdam. Dutch masterpieces generally have more secular themes than the sacred art more abundant in southern Europe.
10/8/25
Reading Time 4 min

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