A fundamental difference — perhaps the fundamental difference — between the Christian worldview and the literalist, materialist mindset that dominates even the thoughts of most Christians today is that Christians view everything in this world, including our fellow human beings, as symbols of something beyond this life.
As Christians, we believe that the narrative of human destiny is the story of redemption in the cross of Christ. It stands at the center of time; everything before the cross leads to it, and everything that comes afterward flows from it.
The catholic church has set aside the entire month of May to honor Mary, Mother of God. Not just a day in May, but the entire month. Some may wonder why. The reason is that this month is the time when spring is at the height of its beauty.
Here are six perspectives on the Sign of the Cross that reveal why making it opens us to life-transforming graces.
How do Christians make sense of the crosses they bear? The question of why suffering exists finds its answer in Christ’s transformation of suffering through love.
This year, Ash Wednesday falls on the same day Valentine’s Day, and fasting and abstinence trumps the feast of the Roman saint.
The theme this year was “Voices of peace in a world at war,” and several dicasteries of the Roman Curia formulated the prayers and meditations drawing from what Pope Francis has heard from people suffering from a lack of peace during his apostolic journeys and on other occasions.
Abigail Favale, a professor at Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute for Church Life, stressed the need for “accompaniment” with those struggling with gender issues.
