By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
How does one blaspheme against the Holy Spirit?
4/3/19
Reading Time
2
min
By Mary Beth Bonacci
I think the beauty of “Unplanned” is that there are probably many others like me who need to be reminded that this is still happening, all day every day, and that we are needed to bring Christ’s love to a badly broken situation.
4/2/19
Reading Time
4
min
After all, for nearly an entire week, I had been lecturing them at the dinner table about the lessons I was picking up from Cal Newport’s recently released book, “Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World.” I stretched the limits of their patience evening after evening by relating to them the stories of the Silicon Valley insiders who confided to Newport about the “digital attention economy’s” manipulative practices and “race to the bottom of the brainstem.”
3/29/19
Reading Time
3
min
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Recently, Pope Francis signed a document with Muslim leaders about there being one world religion. How can that be? Some of my non-Catholic friends are accusing the pope of being out of line. What really happened? (Batesville, Ark.)
3/27/19
Reading Time
2
min
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
I'll answer your second question first, because that's the easier one: "Do Sundays count as part of Lent?" The clear answer is "Yes." In the liturgical books of the church, the season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends just before the Mass of the Lord's Supper on the evening of Holy Thursday. In the Roman Missal, for example, March 10 this year (2019) was designated as the "First Sunday of Lent."
3/27/19
Reading Time
2
min
By Elizabeth Foss
In a world that daily celebrates its connectivity, we aren’t very connected to the essentials of life.
3/27/19
Reading Time
2
min
By John Garvey
I probably shouldn't admit this in front of my grandchildren, but I am a fan of McDonald's fish sandwiches.
3/27/19
Reading Time
3
min
By Effie Caldarola
By now almost everyone has heard of Marie Kondo, the Japanese woman who has parlayed her penchant for decluttering into a personal brand that now includes a Netflix series and several books.
3/21/19
Reading Time
3
min
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
I would say, "Wear the ashes all day."
3/20/19
Reading Time
3
min
Gospel commentary: Parable of the amazing father
Jesus proclaims to the world the tender mercy of the Father through his own merciful heart; he reaches out to the downtrodden through his parables, preaching and generous offers of forgiveness to everyone who draws near.