Pope Leo XIV encouraged Catholics to deepen their personal relationship with Jesus, warning that Christian faith cannot simply rest on familiar ideas, inherited assumptions, or established routines. During his Sunday Angelus in St. Peter’s Square on August 23, the Holy Father reflected on Christ’s question to His disciples in Matthew’s Gospel: Who do you say […]Read more

The year was 1952; it was a time period filled with anxiety and fear.  A society dealing with the aftermath and destruction of World War II and uncertainty as the tensions heightened during the Cold War. A bishop saw the need to evangelize to a culture that so desperately needed a message of hope.   Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen took to the airwaves preaching a […]Read more

“But to you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” (Luke 6:27-28) Is there any teaching more difficult than that? Are there any words uttered by Jesus that cause us to cringe more? Or feel guiltier? How […]Read more

“I NEED MOMMY,” I hear my toddler scream in the wee hours of the morning. “I need Mommy, I need Mommy!” While I’m never thrilled to wake from a dead sleep to hear her screaming for me (why can’t she ask for Dad before 5am?), a part of me delights in being needed by this […]Read more

At Mass for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Leo XIV reflected on Mary’s heavenly glory as a sign of humanity’s ultimate calling: to be transformed by God’s grace and love. Celebrating at the Pontifical Parish of Saint Thomas of Villanova in Castel Gandolfo on August 15, 2026, the Pope […]Read more

God called Moses to lead His Chosen People into freedom after years of oppression in Egypt.  He then instructed Moses to make a special case which the Israelites carried into the Promised Land.  This was the Ark of the Covenant, a sign of His presence with them.  Eventually, when David’s son Solomon was king, he […]Read more

According to tradition, the mountain where Jesus was transfigured is Mt. Tabor, located about eleven miles west of the Sea of Galilee.  Though the Gospels describe it as a “high mountain,” it’s only 1,886 feet high, but its domed shape sticks out from the flat land around it. The Transfiguration of Jesus occurred at a […]Read more