The joy of conversion, Christian community, and the Catholic faith
Friars Corner: The joy of the gifts of the Holy Spirit – From his experience and that of St. Paul, Fr. Bob explains the 9 gifts of the Holy Spirit, the joy of God’s marvelous power. Joy Stories: Amazing Grace – Diane justified everything she did with ‘everyone else is doing it’ until God’s Amazing...
General audience: together, let us take mercy to every part of the world Vatican City, 20 January 2016 (VIS) – In this morning's general audience, held in the Paul VI Hall, the Holy Father dedicated his catechesis to the Week of Prayer for Christian unity, taking place this year from 18 to 25 January, on...
Numbers 11:25-29; Ps 19:8, 10, 12-14; James 5:1-6; Mark 9:38-43, 45 and 47-48 At the Last Supper Jesus told his closest followers that the coming Holy Spirit would instruct them in everything and remind them of all that Jesus told them. So we look to the Holy Spirit for that guidance. St. Paul said to...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said Christians should boast about only two things: that they are sinners and they have been saved by Jesus Christ. It's useless to brag about formal education and degrees because they don't have the power to transform people into credible Christian witnesses, the pope said; only a personal experience...
Acts 12:1-11 Ps 34:2-9; 2 Timothy 4:6-9, 17-18; Matthew 16:13-19 We might logically ask, “Why are these men being celebrated on a Sunday after Easter, Pentecost, the Holy Trinity and the Body and Blood of Christ?” Jesus trained special men and women to continue his work of saving the human race. We call this model...