When I was a residence hall mentor during my college ministry days, I dreaded that part of my job that required me to venture out of my apartm… Read more

My first coming to the Lord’s Table to receive his Most Holy Body and Blood was incredibly memorable, but not primarily for the reason you mig… Read more

I certainly wasn’t the only one sitting in the over-heated, arid Chicago winter classroom of Fr. Zachary Hayes, OFM with eyes glazed over in n… Read more

I’ll never forget the look on people’s faces, and also the way they tried to cover their heads, during a celebration of Confirmation at St. Jo… Read more

Why should the Solemnity of the Ascension fill us with so much hope? With the disciples, we see Jesus taken to heaven, but he does not leave u… Read more

Jesus makes a promise in this Sunday’s Gospel that may sound completely unrealistic. It must have sounded that way a little over 100 years ago… Read more

St. John heard the loud voice which cried out: “Behold, God’s dwelling is with the human race. He will dwell with them and they will be his pe… Read more

“My sheep hear my voice. I know them and they follow me.” In a world with so many voices screaming at the same time, are we capable today of h… Read more

In the passage from the Acts of the Apostles we read on Third Sunday of Easter (5:27–32; 40–41), we see St. Peter and the other apostles preac… Read more

Nearly 90 years ago a young nun named Sister Faustina was immersed in prayer at her convent in Poland. According to her personal diary, our Lo… Read more