“Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division” (Luke 12:51) More »
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Blessed Teresa of Calcutta was a member of a religious community, Our Lady of Loreto, when Jesus called her to begin the “new work” that would give rise to the Missionaries of Charity. Leaving the community was “the biggest sacrifice of my life,” she said later. “I suffered a lot when I left my family and my country to enter the convent when I was eighteen. But I suffered much more when I left the convent to begin the new work that Jesus had commanded me to do. More »
We all know what it is like to be thirsty. Working outside on a hot summer day or taking a long run can cause a huge thirst. Our mouth feels parched, we are hot and sweaty, and our whole body seems to be crying out for a drink—for anything that will cool us down and satisfy us. More »
A friend of mine, the mother of eight young children, used to save money by purchasing food in large quantities. One day she set down a fifty-pound bag of flour and it broke open, scattering flour everywhere. More »
When my wife and I began taking groups of pilgrims overseas some years ago, we prepared for each trip by making an exhaustive search of every local site that might be of interest to Catholics. It was fun to discover a shrine, church, monument, or memorial that we could work into each group’s travel itinerary. More »
Most people are familiar with the eight hundred-year-old Dominican Order, one of the ten largest religious communities in the world. But how many know much about its founder, St. Dominic? More »
The dazzling glory revealed at Jesus’ transfiguration was an expression of his divine nature and, as Archbishop Fulton Sheen so eloquently put it, “of the inherent loveliness of ‘him who came down from heaven.’ The wonder was not this momentary radiance around him; it was rather that at all other times it was repressed” (Life of Christ). More »
Let us join with Christians around the world in praying for these special intentions: More »