Love
When Hate Begins to Feel Like Love
by Elizabeth Scalia . June 4, 2020 .
Pentecost and the Fires in Our Cities
by Bishop Robert Barron . May 31, 2020 .
It is in a way providential that the Feast of Pentecost arrives this year just as our country is going through a convulsive social crisis. For the Holy Spirit, whose coming we celebrate on Pentecost, is a power meant to transform the world, or in the language of Psalm 104,…
Give a Reason for the Hope That Is in You
by Bishop Robert Barron . May 17, 2020 .
For this sixth Sunday of Easter, I would like to continue with the first letter of St. Peter, which is our second reading for this weekend. Peter says, “Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope.” In many ways, this is…
Mr. Rogers Knew: How The Little Prince Helps Us to See Beyond COVID-19
by Andrew Petiprin . April 29, 2020 .
Suffering for Doing Good
by Bishop Robert Barron . May 3, 2020 .
For this fourth Sunday of Easter, I would like to concentrate on our second reading, which is from the first letter of Peter, a beautiful text that we consult only rarely in the course of the liturgical calendar. It seems eminently clear from the totality of this letter that it…
How Does Loving One’s Enemies Work, Really?
by Elizabeth Scalia . April 16, 2020 .
Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal”: A Great Film for Our Time
by Andrew Petiprin . April 3, 2020 .
Bishop Barron on Loving an Enemy This Lent
by Bishop Robert Barron . March 26, 2020 .
The Church recommends three great spiritual practices for Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. But the readings during Lent suggest a fourth great practice: the forgiveness of one’s enemy.
Love an Enemy This Lent
by Bishop Robert Barron . March 10, 2020 .
The three classical spiritual practices that the Church urges us to embrace during Lent are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. I would strongly encourage every one of my readers to follow this recommendation, perhaps intensifying each one of the three during the holy season. But there is another Lenten discipline that…
Ama a un enemigo durante esta cuaresma
by Bishop Robert Barron . March 10, 2020 .
Las tres prácticas espirituales clásicas que la Iglesia nos insta a abrazar durante la Cuaresma son la oración, el ayuno y la limosna. Animo a todos mis lectores a seguir esta recomendación, quizás intensificando cada una de las tres durante este tiempo santo. Pero hay otra disciplina de Cuaresma que…
