View from the Ambo/Mercy With Teeth

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...

  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 ...

  It is sometimes easier to write a check than to give your life. For many of us, mercy feels complete once we have donated, signed up, or e...

In today’s Gospel, Jesus says: “Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven.” (Matthew 23:9) At first glance, that s...

Today is the Memorial of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the humble Visitation nun through whom the Lord revealed His Sacred Heart—a heart burni...