There is something about the mother-child bond that holds even after death. This fact makes it easier to consider all the ...

Knowing God personally is very important, because we become unified with Him. The more we know Him, the stronger that unity ...

Tis the season. I go to the storage room and begin to pull boxes out to get things ready for decorating for Christmas. I begin to move furniture around to get things in place. One of the first things ...

If Candlemas be fair and bright, winter has another flight. If Candlemas brings clouds and rain, winter will not come ...

Today's feast marks the Presentation of the Lord Jesus in the Temple, 40 days after he was born. As the firstborn, he ...

"God is present in the midst of his people, not because he dwells within four walls, but because he lives as a man among ...

The matter right now is not just the global backlash against refugees but the glee with which some anti-refugee figures ...

Drawing from the Gospel of Luke (2:22-40), which recounts Mary and Joseph bringing the infant Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem, Pope Francis focused his catechesis on three significant aspects of ...

The Three Kings brought expensive classic gifts because they thought they would meet a king or potentate, which of course ...

A child of the poor gathered his companions around him and led ... Church rejoice as one contemplates the modest home of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. We read in the hymn from Matins on the feast ...

16 So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger ... Mary, the mother of the Lord, is primarily a believer who has been with Jesus from his conception, to his ...

The Catholic Church celebrates every February 2nd, Candlemas Day, the presentation of Baby Jesus in the temple. On this day, ...