Sunday, Feb. 16, is the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Jeremiah 17:5-8; Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 & 6; 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20; Luke 6:17, 20-26. The Gospel passage today is Luke’s version ...

In hindsight, we think we can see the real meaning of an event. Often, we imagine a better way to have handled something or to have understood what was going on at a particular moment. We often begin ...

When I was a folk-singing college student, one of my friends wanted me to play "Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out." The title so put me off that I not only refused but wouldn’t even listen to ...

Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet, wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” Yet we know that names carry weight—they shape our identity, connect us ...

Sunday, Feb. 1, is the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13; Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Matthew 5:1-12a. Life becomes blessed and flourishing ...

On Sunday, the Gospel reading is the Beatitudes, one of the most loved and well-known passages of the New Testament. This marks the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. The Beatitudes are found in ...

A businessman decided to throw a party for some of his clients, and because he was doing so well, he spared no expense. He hired the most expensive caterer in Chicago and rented out the McCormick ...

Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg entered the diplomatic service and was appointed foreign minister of Austria in November 1848. After the Hungarian revolt was suppressed in 1849, someone suggested to ...