Jeanie Hannaman

By Msgr. Charles Pope - The Gospel today is about faith and about focus. It teaches that although storms and struggles inevitably arise, we have a choice as to whether we focus on them or on Jesus. The message is clear: “Keep your eyes on the prize. Hold on!”... Yes, we have a decision to make: Will we focus on the storm or on Jesus? We have to keep our eyes on the prize.

By Donald DeMarco, EWTN News - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) provides an important insight when he states: “The past can be discovered as something to be preserved only if the future is regarded as a duty; discovery of the future and discovery of the past are inseparably connected, and it is this discovery of the indivisibility of time that actually makes tradition.”

By Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency - The devastating Maui fires appear to have spared Maria Lanakila Catholic Church in Lahaina, providing a symbol of hope amid catastrophic destruction... At least 93 deaths had been reported as of Sunday, Aug. 13... Multiple fast-moving fires, fanned by strong winds and fueled by dry vegetation, swept across the Hawaiian island. The western town of Lahaina, with fewer than 13,000 residents, was particularly devastated... Maria Lanakila Catholic Church, named for Our Lady of Victory, appears to have escaped destruction.