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A Christmas Memory

Memories are usually recollections of episodes or events. But my most moving Christmas memory was more of a “non-event.”…

Things that Amaze Should Lead to Praise

John H. Hampsch, cmf After one of Bill Cosby’s performances a young couple went backstage hoping to get the…

The Power of Our Words—for Good or for Evil

In the country church of a small village, an altar boy serving the priest at Sunday Mass accidentally dropped…

The Eucharist

St. Ambrose wrote: “How is the change of bread into the Body of Christ brought about? It is by…

Faith-Focus in Trying Times

Even in the most terrifying times, God always provides a safety net:”Never will I forsake you” (Heb. 13:5). His…

The Art of Loving God

St. John of the Cross wrote: “The smallest act of perfect love of God is more effective, more meritorious…

Prayer Preferences

Just as each person favors a certain lifestyle, preferred types of food, or choice of entertainment, so also every…

On the Providence of God

God, by his providence pre-plans all that happens to us. Recognizing that theological and scriptural truth can help us…

Can a Catholic join the Masons and still be true to their faith?

ROME. Feb 6, 2007 (www.Zenit.org) Answered by Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolourm University. Q:…

Do You Know Where You’re Going?

Albert Einstein, the great physicist was once honored by Time magazine as not just the Man of the Year,…