Nothing Is Lost
Last night I was talking to my dear aunt on the phone and, after telling me that she’s been saying one rosary after another for a special intention,…
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Tag: Year of Faith
Good for the Soul
For many people confessing our faults to anyone else is not easy. We fear looking bad or what others will think about us. It also makes us very…
Bring a Friend
One of the ways you can celebrate the Year of Faith is to bring a friend to church. A personal invitation to a neighbor, coworker or family member…
Faith and the Gospel of Mark
This Year of Faith began while we were reading the Gospel of Mark most Sundays. To help me rediscover faith, I took a look at faith through that…
Making the Year of Faith More than Another To-Do
Most of us know the Latin phrase “Non quod non possis” as “You can’t give what you don’t have,” and we accept it as true. How often, though,…
Participating in the Paschal Mystery
In this Year of Faith, as we work on our own faith, we’re being told to read the Catechism. I read the whole thing when I started college.…
Entrusting My Faith Journey to Mary
Last week the Holy Father entrusted the Year of Faith and the Synod on the New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith to Mary, and it…
What is faith?
Last week, on October 11, we began the Year of Faith. Each time the Pope declares a “Year of…” I find it very interesting and exciting. It seems…
Communio
When Hans Urs von Balthasar was taking graduate courses in theology during the last century, he was said to have lamented after one class, “They’ve taken all the…
Listening to the Voice of Jesus
“The footsteps of those who bring good news is a welcome sound. Not everyone, of course listens to the Good News …So Faith…