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Confronted By Life’s Storms

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Jun 20, 2021 | Doctrine, Into the Deep, Liturgy & Sacraments | 0 |

Life has a way of confronting us with many and varied challenges and trials, often when least...

Faith That Can Move Mountains

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Jun 13, 2021 | Doctrine, Into the Deep, Liturgy & Sacraments | 0 |

And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? It...

Jesus Christ Truly Present

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Jun 6, 2021 | Doctrine, Into the Deep, Liturgy & Sacraments | 0 |

The Altar of Sacrifice of the Old Covenant The passage from Exodus used for today’s first reading recounts the sealing of the Old Covenant mediated by Moses between God and Israel. The blood of the offering sprinkled upon the...

Learning from the Shepherds at Midnight Mass

by Fr. Roger Landry | Dec 24, 2020 | Calendar & Seasons, In the Spotlight, Liturgy & Sacraments | 0 |

“Adoration of the Shepherds” (detail) by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo [Public domain],...

The Pastoral Malpractice of Liturgical Abuse

by Fr. Roger Landry | Sep 8, 2020 | In the Spotlight, Liturgy & Sacraments | 0 |

“The Baptism” (detail) by Pietro Longhi [Public domain] Empathy is the capacity to understand what another person is undergoing from within that person’s frame of reference. Much of August I could not help imagining...

Who do we say that the Eucharist is?

by Fr. Roger Landry | Sep 3, 2019 | Doctrine, In the Spotlight, Liturgy & Sacraments | 0 |

In Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked who people said he was, and his two polls showed that only one person said he believed Jesus was who he truly was, the Messiah and Son of God (Mt 16:13-20). This article originally appeared...