In 2019, Pope Francis issued a decree advancing the cause for sainthood for Augustus Tolton. Father Tolton, who is now Venerable Augustus Tolton, has been recognized for his heroic virtue, persevering ...

The Lord Jesus came to seek and save the lost. He came to ransom sinners and heal what was broken. The Lord came to us as a man. He lived a holy life. He accomplished his saving mission by his ...

The resurrection of Jesus changes everything. For every single person, it means that we can have a relationship with Christ who is truly alive. If you are like me, we can often celebrate Easter for ...

As you may recall, last Sunday we began Ordinary Time, beginning to listen to the lessons of the Gospel that will tell us about the public life of Jesus. Last Sunday, John the Baptist reminded us that ...

In this Sunday, July 22, 2018 photo. Rev. Erick Alvarado kneels in the chapel altar inside the Jesus of Divine Mercy church, in Managua, Nicaragua. (Credit: AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco.) Listen This ...

In an age of social media celebrity and showy spirituality, we are invited into a holy unawareness. If a good deed done is not posted on social media, did it really happen? If an act of generosity is ...

A couple of weeks ago, you may recall the gospel lesson told us about what happened after Jesus had spent the six weeks of prayer and solitude in the desert. He came back into Nazareth where he had ...

When we think of the Passion of our Lord or make the Stations of the Cross, one image that should come into our mind’s eye is the Sixth Station — St. Veronica wiping the face of Jesus to comfort him.

“When the magi had departed, an angel from the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up. Take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod will soon ...