This is a week of favorite saints. May 25: The Venerable Bede (673-735) is the father of English history. May 26: St. Philip Neri, the jolly, joking saint who loved the catacombs. May 27: St.

The inner life of God is one of family. God is not solitude, but a community of persons. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit show us the inner, relational dynamism of the divine nature. It was in the ...

I think most of us like this Gospel, especially the final part where Jesus says to Thomas, "You believe because you've seen." But then he goes on to say, "But blessed are those who have not seen but ...

We talk about how we never want to be lukewarm “In Christ.” We know that disgusts Jesus. In Revelation, it says He will spew us out of His mouth. It makes me think He wants to vomit. You see when we ...

This is Pentecost Sunday, the day we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit and call an end to the Easter season. It is also the birthday of the Church. There are two depictions of the coming of the ...

In a time when the world has been dramatically transformed, many people feel disconnected and abandoned by God. Today’s readings reveal that we are not alone, for the Holy Spirit is with us. As we ...

It's really amazing how appropriate these readings are for what we're celebrating today. The account in the Gospel, as you know, is the first Easter Sunday, the day Jesus rose from the dead. If you ...

In his homily Thursday Pope Francis stressed the need to be open to the novelty of the Holy Spirit, by discerning new movements and directions without being immediately closed off from them. Francis ...

On Pentecost Sunday, Pope Francis said that division doesn't come from the Holy Spirit, who forms the universal Church with both unity and diversity – and we must pray to resist the temptation to ...