(Credit: Brooklyn Museum The Pharisees And The Saduccees) By Doug Culp Theology 101 is taking a peek behind the scenes of some of the prominent figures, groups and events referenced in the New Testament. The goal is to provide greater context for the drama of salvation, which the Scripture communicates to us. Some Sadducees, who [...]
By Cynthia Kaan If you find yourself house-hunting, you may be shocked by what an accepted offer currently includes. Thousands over list price, appraisal gaps (agreeing to pay a certain amount over what the bank appraises the value to be) and waived inspections are almost expected these days. So what do you do? Pray [...]
By Cynthia Kaan For many of us, social media is a huge part of our lives. It seems like new platforms are popping up all the time, and we may feel pressure to participate. But how do we make sure our online presence is positive? Keep it real. Take some time to review what your typical [...]
By Joe Pisani A friend I haven’t seen in 20 years sent me a card that said, “Put God first.” It was a lesson I needed to hear because I suspect I’ve been putting God second or third or even lower on the list. Of course, it’s deceptively easy to put ourselves first and forget [...]
(Credit: Getty Images/merfin) By Pete Burak I find the English language to be frustrating. For instance, unlike Greek, which has several words for love, English has one. This can lead to all sorts of misunderstandings, misinterpretations and false equivalencies. It doesn’t make sense that the statements of “I love donuts,” “I love my wife” and [...]
(Credit: Jim Luning) By Nancy Rosebush Schertzing Balthazar Matakara looks calmly across the table in the St. Vincent Catholic Charities conference room. His voice never wavers, his demeanor never changes, even as he recounts the terror of his life in Africa and his journey to the U.S. “Life is easy if you put it in [...]
Feast day: September 23 Devoted to Christ from his childhood in Italy, where he was baptized Francesco Forgione, St. Padre Pio became a Capuchin friar at age 15. Five years after he entered the priesthood, shortly after the dawn of World War I, Padre Pio was called into military service. His service was short-lived, [...]
By Veronica Szczygiel En los tres relatos del Evangelio, Pedro ve el cuerpo glorificado de Jesús, junto con la presencia de Moisés y Elías, y se ofrece a construir casetas para ellos. Probablemente su intención era que este anuncio del Mesías, demostrado por la presencia de Elías y Moisés, como lo predijeron las Escrituras, sea [...]
Archbishop Leonard P. Blair If I were asked what is the Church’s greatest treasure, I would have to say the holy Eucharist because, as the Catechism says, it is “the source and summit of the Christian life ... in which is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely, Christ himself, our [...]
Archbishop Leonard P. Blair Si me preguntaran cuál es el mayor tesoro de la Iglesia, yo diría que es la Sagrada Eucaristía, porque, como dice el Catecismo, es “fuente y culmen de toda la vida cristiana” y “contiene todo el bien espiritual de la Iglesia; es decir, Cristo mismo, nuestra Pascua” (CIC, 1324). [...]