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‘Despise not prophecy,’ implores St. Paul (1 Th. 5:20). Yet we do. Amid the rubble of leaders whose unclean lives skewed real prophetic...

‘Knowing the love that surpasses knowledge may well mean not knowing much else’ (Loretta Ross-Gotta). God often overshadows the faithful...

“Who are you…what do you have to say for yourself? ‘I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness…’” (Jn. 1:22-23). Advent pops our...

‘Before the end, the world will be set quaking. Only when man does not cling to false security will his eyes be capable of seeing the...

‘If you don’t stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all’ (Is. 7:9). Christian, never apologize for upholding persons in their...

By Katie Comiskey The joy of Advent is often lost on me. As one prone to melancholy, I dwell more on disappointment than victories....

‘One is coming mightier than I…He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire’ (Lk. 3:16). ‘He must increase; I must decrease’ (Jn....

‘Advent is the time of the promise, not the fulfillment.’ Fr. Alfred Delp Adele fever is back. Her new album ‘30’ is selling faster than...

I am a zealous father but not a very well-rounded one. I don’t like professional sports (my kids mock Dad’s half-hearted efforts to cheer...

“Rejoice!” (Phil 4:4) Today is known as “Gaudete Sunday” (Gaudete--Latin “rejoice”). We set a fire to the lone rose-colored candle. The...

I was a high school senior in 1974 and our church youth group was obsessed with the Broadway show Godspell, a then hip, countercultural...