St. Rita teaches us that forgiveness is like a pearl of great price: while not changing the past, it does free us for a future full of hope.
Ask Father Tom: The pearl of forgiveness
Ask Father Tom: What suicide has taught me
Five understandings about suicide suggest ways readers may be a potential source of healing and hope to others.
Ask Father Tom: We are Easter people
“Easter invites us with joy to pass from the things of our time to the things of God’s eternity.”
Ask Father Tom: Gathering together again
“As it becomes possible gradually to resume our accustomed Catholic practices, it will be important again to make the effort to be there.”
Ask Father Tom: ‘Remember that you are dust …’
“The ashes weave many Scriptures to remind us of the faithful and redeeming love of the one who became dust and ashes with and for us, that we might become children of God.”
Ask Father Tom: Vaccines and ethical considerations in light of COVID-19
Should a Catholic accept vaccination?
Ask Father Tom: Why do we pray if God already has a plan?
Through prayer, God integrates even our rebellion into a greater, redemptive good.
Ask Father Tom: What does the Church teach about burial and cremation?
The Church does not oppose cremation, but sees burial as an affirmation of the goodness of the body and hope of resurrection.