Jeanie Hannaman

By Fr. Paul D. Scalia, The Catholic Thing - “Lord, teach us to pray.” This appeal by the disciples arises from their immediate circumstances. They had just seen Christ Himself praying. And they knew that John the Baptist had taught his disciples to pray. It’s reasonable now that they should ask the same of our Lord... Lord, teach us to pray. This appeal arises, more importantly, from the depth of the human heart. It’s an appeal that every disciple should make to our Lord. We are created for prayer, for that intimate conversation with God, to walk with Him in the cool of the day.  But we don’t know how to pray as we ought. We need to be instructed.

By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal - On my way back from Mass recently, I walked past Alex Padilla, the uber left-wing California senator, coming out of St. Joseph’s on Capitol Hill. The incident was just the latest reminder for me that the Catholic Church is increasingly functioning as the new mainline church in American politics where left, right, and center gather to receive Christ. St. Joseph’s is located about a block away from the conservative Heritage Foundation, and a friend of mine has spotted the leader of the centrist Make America Healthy Again movement, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., at the parish as well.

By Russell M. Lawson, Catholic Exchange - Augustine, a convert to Christianity—who had experienced four seconds of providence in 386 AD, who lived during the Fall of Rome in 410, who watched Germanic tribes overrun the western empire and Vandals sweep through Spain into North Africa towards his own diocese of Hippo, who was approaching death in the 420s—was at peace. He knew that the will of God is behind all things, despite disasters, sufferings, and the threat of death.