This year, Ash Wednesday falls on the same day Valentine’s Day, and fasting and abstinence trumps the feast of the Roman saint.
Strong as death: Ashes and the hearts we bring to God
The qualities of love: 6 ways to better understand an overused word
True love is “of God” and is therefore a divine gift. As such, it reflects the nature of God, being holy, selfless and oriented to the good of the other.
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Spirituality of Eugene de Mazenod
The founder of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Saint Eugene de Mazenod, said that Christian discipleship and spirituality is something of value and importance for everyone.
Shields, symbols and saints: What is heraldry in the Catholic Church?
Frequently seen in one form or another, coats of arms pervade our Catholic culture in numerous ways; however, most Catholics are unaware of the significance of this time-honored practice.
Helping our children hear God’s call toward their purposes and heaven’s
From a Christian standpoint, perhaps no component of our baptismal mission is more important or urgent today than our duty to help young people discern their vocation in life.
Church’s surrogacy teaching rooted in the primacy of the rights of the child
The 1987 document “Donum Vitae” — “The Gift of Life” — makes explicit the church’s teaching about in vitro fertilization and related practices, including gestational surrogacy.
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Law of Gravity and the Holy Spirit
The Scriptures tell us that the Holy Spirit is both a physical and a spiritual force, the source of all physicality and of all spirituality all at the same time.
A Eucharistic Word: Tabernacle
What was the first tabernacle? In a sense, Because we are members of Christ’s body by baptism. We are temples of the Holy Spirit. We are tabernacles.