As we prepare to cast our votes on Aug. 4, let us reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s exhortation on standards of discernment as written in “Humanitas Magnifica,” including “the dignity of the human person, the universal destination of goods, the preferential option for the...

Part 2 of Sarah Trent’s poem on the lessons of unmet expectations...

Over the next three weeks, we will share excerpts from a work by Christian poet Sarah Trent. Contemplative practice involves a release of expectations, but that release is not always without suffering....

Each year, the USCCB and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) implore Congress to assess budget decisions using three criteria: protection of human life and dignity, impact on the most vulnerable, and advancement of the ...

Romance is perhaps not a word we often use for our relationship with God. Certainly, there is a more superficial interpretation of romance, as something purely emotional, short-lived and apt to change based on preferences, that is ...

The Love Thy Neighbor Committee recently completed a book study with about eighteen people attending. The book we read was "Building A Bridge" by James Martin, SJ. In his book, Father Martin asks Catholics and ...

National Days of Prayer were fairly common around the time of the founding of our country, such as on May 15, 1776, when General George Washington ordered: “The Continental Congress having ordered Friday the 17th...

In observance of our nation’s 250th anniversary, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has developed a national prayer service, “Honoring the Many Journeys that Shaped America,” that can be...

At the most basic level of existence, we come from God, are rooted in God, “live, move, and have our being” in God (Acts 17:28), and are called forth to God at the end of our lives. Dominican mystic Meister Eckhart even spoke of ...

We are once again being asked by the organization, Feeding America, to urge Congress to fully fund the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in the federal budget. Grocery prices are up 32% since 2019 and child care is up 40% since 2017. Right now, too many families are ...

The ultimate goal of the Christian life and of all spiritual practices is awareness of and abandonment to our communion with God, and the resulting transformation into an icon of the Divine Heart. Because God is infinite, the process of...

June is gun violence awareness month. According to the Archdiocesan Task Force on Gun Violence Prevention, in Missouri nearly 1400 people die by guns every year, the fourth highest rate of gun violence in the country. More than...

June 20, 2026, is World Refugee Day, observed across the world to honor the strength, resilience and courage of those forced to flee their homes because of conflict, persecution, or violence and to recommit to protecting the rights, safety and dignity of refugees. This year’s theme is, “Until Everyone Is Safe.” 2026 marks the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Convention, the international agreement that protects the rights of refugees and affirms the right to seek...

Did you know that, according to Feeding America, more than 700,000 seniors would lose access to nutritious monthly food boxes through the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) under the proposed federal budget for...

The Eucharist teaches us many things. Among its most profound lessons is that knowledge of God is not finally a matter of good catechesis or ...

When we speak of the Mystery of the Most Holy Trinity, we speak of the very nature of God. Vast amounts have been said and written about the particulars of the Three Persons of the Trinity, yet when you step back from it, trying to ...

Network, a lobbying group for Catholic social justice founded in 1972 by a group of Catholic women religious, has expressed deep concern regarding the recent voting rights decision by the Supreme Court (Louisiana v. Callais), decrying the weakening of critical voting rights and protections fought for for...

SPIRIT How would it feel, then, to live in that God-shaken house? To feel the...

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made The psalmist reminds us that we are “fearfully and wonderfully made” within the sacred mystery of our mother’s womb (Psalm 139). Our existence is ...

Only God is perfectly capable of keeping God's commandments, as they require perfect love (recall that Jesus tells us in Matthew 22:37-40 that all Divine commandments are finally summed up in love of God and love of ...