Mercy isn’t a popular word in our culture today.
“People get what they deserve.” “Payback is sweet.” “I’ll never forgive them for what they’ve done.”
These sentiments pervade our politics, our entertainment industry and our own lives.
The annual Chrism Mass at which Archbishop John Nienstedt blesses the sacramental holy oils for the upcoming year also serves another essential purpose for priests — renewing the promises they made on their ordination day.
Since becoming a mom, I’ve discovered that young kids have an astonishing ability to ignore both past and future. They are experts at being totally, completely in the moment.
When William Rohda compares his life to the lives of the poor, the 12-year-old St. Thomas Becket (Eagan) faith formation student finds it easier to consider how he could share what he has with them this Lent.
We shouldn’t be surprised when God allows us to experience trials. Instead, we should turn to him humbly and continue living our faith as well or better than we do in good times, Deacon Joseph Michalak said at a Feb. 19 presentation, “Crisis and Difficulty: A Time for Growth.”
Entering a church, we Catholics reach for the holy water font, dip our fingers in, and, with dripping fingers, make the Sign of the Cross.
Reading and viewing Catholic media has a lot of similarities with that act of blessing one’s self.
Supporters of legal abortion are like the emperor from the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Emperor's New Clothes," said Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston.
Just when you think you’ve seen everything — every lion hugging human, every shark-eluding seal —the World Wide Web churns out a picture that makes you stare.
Like a child: Mindfulness as a way to praise God