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“Turn to the Lord in your need and you will live.” That was the responsorial psalm that greeted David Jacobeen when he returned to the Sunday morning Mass he’s attended at All Saints Catholic Church in Manassas since 1989.
A federal judge Nov. 20 temporarily blocked the executions of four federal death-row inmates scheduled for December and January, saying the lethal injections they were to receive goes against the Federal Death Penalty Act.
With the advent of the fact-based dramatization "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" (Sony), lightning, it would seem, has struck twice.
Pope Francis said he came to Thailand for the anniversary not to encourage some kind of nostalgia for the past, but to help spark "a fire of hope" to help Catholics today reach out to others with the same "determination, strength and confidence" the early missionaries had.
With Thanksgiving approaching, a popular TV host whose very name is Joy advised her audience to use the “beloved American food holiday” as an opportunity to engage those gathered around the table in contentious political debate.
As family members gather for the upcoming holidays, there might be more than sugarplums dancing in their heads.
The Recovery and Addiction Ministry hosts a talk about the drug popularly considered harmless.
The classic biblical passage that clearly offers a description of faith is: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence (or conviction) of things not seen” (Heb 11:1). However, the meaning of this passage is not immediately clear to all readers. Let us try to unpack things starting from the end of the sentence. What are the “things not seen?” These are all the realities or truths spoken of in divine revelation (contained in sacred Scripture or sacred tradition) that we do not witness ourselves in this life, but that we still accept or believe because of the trustworthy word of another. That “other” in the present context is not just anybody, but God himself.
A few years ago, I drove by my old intermediate school in Springfield and noticed the sign: “Happy Thanksgiving! Family, food, and football.” I thought to myself, “They forgot ‘faith.’”
Gospel Christ the King
Our Gospel for the feast of Christ the King takes us to the crucifixion. Here, the only throne for Christ the King is the cross; the only crown is one of thorns; the only scepter is the nail piercing his hands; the only crimson robe is the blood coating his skin. One might therefore ask, “Why this Gospel on the feast of Christ the King?”