“Do I confuse the useful with the truly valuable-in-itself?”
Ask Father Tom: The Golden Rule and fundamental attitudes
Ask Father Tom: Silent churches and the presence of the Lord
Those who help sustain and grow the faith are some of the heroes to the St. Cloud Diocese during the coronavirus.
Ask Father Tom: What do we really mean when we say ‘I believe’?
Faith is not an assent to abstract truth, but trust in a person whose love for us is the very reason we exist at all.
Ask Father Tom: How often must I forgive?
Forgiveness frees people to be their true selves, with the residue of past guilt no longer holding them fast.
Ask Father Tom: Who do you say that I am?
Mark’s Gospel and the O Antiphons focus on the question of Jesus’ identity.
Real Presence: Do you believe in miracles?
Bread and wine become the actual substance of the body and blood of Christ during the Eucharist.
Guiding children back to the Church
Keys to guiding the disaffiliated back to Church include prayer, patience and being a good example.
Ask Father Tom: Legalizing assisted suicide
Catholic teaching obliges us to use ordinary means to preserve our life and health, that we might make our days count.