Catholic Church

By Joseph Mussomeli, The Imaginative Conservative - We cannot repair the past. But we owe it to the past to make a better future. It is a fine line that we draw every day, reflecting on the past to improve the future, while not dwelling there so much that we forsake the future. The only sure path out of this quandary is the forgotten concept of “metanoia.”

By Joseph Pronechen, EWTN News - In 2010, when Francis and Andrea Schanne were expecting a new baby boy, she learned the unborn child might have Down syndrome. She remembers leaving the hospital praying, “‘Lord, my husband and I, we’re just trying to be open to your will.’ And I felt in my heart the Lord was saying to me, ‘You are doing my will.’”... From the car she called her husband and told him the prognosis. “It’s going to be fine,” he assured. “We’ll be fine. We can do this.” She knew he was right.

By Dan Burke, Spiritual Direction - Almost 300 years ago, a saint and Doctor of the Church sat down and penned a 32-page booklet.. that would – whether he knew it or not – fundamentally transform the lives of those who read it... In this short text titled “Uniformity with God’s Will,” St. Alphonsus Ligouri succinctly and brilliantly explains the complex theological truth regarding the Divine Will of God for each of us, how it may look in our lives, and the necessity of our response and ultimately desire to unite our wills, to the will of God.

By Msgr. Charles Pope - By Msgr. Charles Pope - The Gospel this Sunday draws us into a remarkably sensitive area of the faith, that of forgiving others who may have harmed us. There are many who been authentically hurt and others who fear that in offering forgiveness they will become vulnerable to further harm. Forgiveness is something we experience as a very personal call; in some cases, it may be the most challenging thing we are ever asked to do. ...