It is an interesting contrast at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery in the mountains outside Silver City. At the Sunday mass, there are some pious older Hispanic ladies in the public worship area ...

In India, monkeys are considered sacred. Most people refuse to kill them, so as you might guess, in certain parts of India monkeys are running loose all over the place. That presents a problem for the ...

Sunday, Oct. 10, is the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass Readings: Wisdom 7:7-11; Psalm 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17; Hebrews 4:12-13; Mark 10:17-30 or 10:17-27. “You will have treasure in heaven” (Mark ...

A passage in a book read: “Dwell more on God’s riches and less on earth’s fantasies.” We are told in 1 John that worldly fantasies are harmful and do not originate with God. Society claims that one of ...

NORRISTOWN >> Someone once said the way you store up treasure in heaven is by investing in getting people there. On a somewhat more earthly footing, there’s no doubt that getting people to Heaven’s ...

“Making memories” has been a common expression the past few years. You hear it in TV commercials, on social media posts and just in conversation. There’s nothing at all wrong with the concept, but I ...

“Anyone who gives alms to the poor is lending to the Lord.” The subject of charity toward the poor has attracted much scholarly attention over the past decade or so. Some of the inspiration can be ...

In his fine study of Sin: A History (Yale, 2010), Notre Dame professor of theology Gary Anderson rendered an understanding of his subject richly textured by references to the Hebrew Bible, New ...

In 1789 a young naval officer by the name of Fletcher Christian rebelled against his domineering captain to take over The Bounty, a British sailing ship. In doing so he doomed himself to a life of ...