View from the Ambo/Mercy With Teeth

As we celebrate Pentecost, the Descent of the Holy Spirit, we call to mind that the Holy Spirit is not just active in the big ways, but in...

Today the Church honors Rita of Cascia, a woman whose life is often reduced to a collection of inspiring images: a rose in winter, a thorn f...

Jesus Ascends to heaven, entrusting the mission of making disciples to His disciples, which includes us. Maybe, if we see this task first ...

The hope mothers and fathers have for their children is only a fraction of the hope that God has for us. We must be ready to give an expla...

Jesus proclaims He is the way, the truth, and the life. If we are truly followers of Him, we will accept Him as the Way, the Truth, and th...

  The life of  St.  Catherine of Siena   confronts us with a truth we often resist: real mercy is not timid. It does not whisper when souls ...

As we hear from the Good Shepherd narrative of St. John, Chapter 10, we reflect this weekend on the call of the Good Shepherd. The Lord st...