Jeanie Hannaman

By Carl E. Olson, Catholic World Report - “He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.”... The inclusion of this statement as one of the twelve articles in the Apostles’ Creed, that early and succinct statement or “symbol” of faith, suggests the great importance of the Ascension. And the Solemnity of the Ascension is one of six great solemnities Catholics are obligated to observe. Yet specific reasons for its significance can be difficult to articulate. After all, we believe Jesus is God, so why be surprised that he would ascend into heaven? ...

By John Grondelski, National Catholic Register - Our account of Joseph broke off with his ascension to power in Egypt. Following his interpretation of Pharoah’s dreams about years of plenty and years of famine, Joseph was put in charge of making provision for Egypt’s welfare against those lean years. It was in that context that he and his treacherous brothers again came into contact... The famine that beset Egypt was not limited to that country; it was regional. Its effects were felt in Canaan. Joseph’s planning not only protected Egypt but made it the region’s granary, from which famished people could buy grain.

By Greg Schlueter, Crisis Magazine - In this age of moral preening—where every tribe, every talking head, invokes Jesus Christ as the mascot of their cause—here’s the mic drop no one saw coming: Jesus called people morons... Let’s not sentimentalize or sanitize this. Let’s not mistake it for a clever quip or a throwaway insult. No, in the unflinching light of Matthew 23, Christ—the Incarnate Word, the Author of all goodness, truth, and beauty—looks the most religious men of His day in the eye and calls them μωροί (moroi). Fools. Morons. He does this not to demean but to awaken; not to shame but to judge rightly—and to invite us to do the same.