Before he left his disciples and ascended to heaven, Jesus promised to send his Holy Spirit to enliven their faith, to give them wisdom, and to console them in times of need. And from that point on, believers have come to understand that we all need the Holy Spirit to live out our faith and to be the Lord’s witness. More »

We don’t seem to realize that without the spirit of God in us on a daily basis, we could never exist! At every given moment—whether we’re having fun or are in pain, whether we’re serious or silly, whether we’re wide awake or fast asleep—we are being kept alive by the spirit of God that is in us. More »

Brothers and sisters, let us join with the Holy Father and Christians around the world in praying for these special needs: More »

Outside, gray clouds scudded damply across the spring sky. Inside, a continuous procession passed by the woman’s bedside. “People came to pray near her, to bring her a last token of affection,” her husband recalled years later. More »

The carpenter of Nazareth knew first-hand the challenges of the daily grind and of toiling to support a family. St. Joseph experienced the tiring monotony of the work week. More »

Lapa Benincasa’s shrieks bounced off the walls of her kitchen and into the narrow streets of Siena. Her daughter Catherine, the twenty-fourth of her twenty-five children, had just shaved her head. The fifteen-year-old girl was adamant that she not be married off, and to show the seriousness of her intention, she had chopped off her hair. More »

Dad had essentially been unemployed for about ten years. He had jobs here and there in our hometown of Stafford, England, but they never worked out. More »

It is a common misconception that the portrayal of God is very different in the New Testament from the picture we see in the Old Testament. More »