Student Voices: Mary and Her Baby
The reading for today, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Matthew 1:1-23, culminates in the name of Mary’s son: Emmanuel, God with...
Running on Faith: Run with Purpose
“Run with Purpose: 1 Corinthians 9:26.” That’s the sticker my niece picked out to fill one of the open spaces on my second Nalgene water bottle, the...
Doing the Right Thing Isn't Always Easy
Today’s Gospel always gives me heartburn. Calling a woman a dog and refusing to heal her child seems inconsistent, to put it mildly, with Jesus’s...
St. Martha: A Beacon of Hope in Our Christian Lives
Today we remember Saint Martha, the woman to whom Jesus directs these powerful words in the Gospel of John: “I am the resurrection and the life;...