Doesn’t this look like a touching photo of an elderly mother with her son? The story behind this peaceful, loving photo is more incredible than you can imagine. For you see, this is St. Maria Goretti’s mom, and the man with her is her daughter’s attacker and murderer, Alessandro Serenelli. The Goretti family was poor, […]
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To say that St. Junípero Serra has been a controversial figure is not new. Even in his own time, as founder of the California Missions, he was often slandered and attacked, but in the end, justified by a clean conscience. But he shows us, that even under attack or duress from society, we must always, […]
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The older Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) defines a Triduum as “A time frequently chosen for prayer or for other devout practices, whether by individuals in private, or in public by congregations or special organizations in parishes, in religious communities, seminaries, or schools.” The most famous in our modern times being, of course, the Triduum from Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper to Easter Vigil. […]
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Fr. Allan, OP, concludes our holy Novena by tying it to the Great Birth of the Church at Pentecost. (Cover Image: Our Lady, Queen of Apostles, located in St. Mary’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, Ireland)
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Fr. Allan, OP, invites us to examine the link between Faith and sorrow.
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So many people look for the wrong thing in Scriptures, yet how Jesus looks for us!
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Christ wills the Church as an extension of His love and mercy for others. Do we do our part?
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As individuals and as a society, we judge the value of a human person wrongly, especially the sick. Christ corrects us.
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Loss, depression, death… we are not equipped to face these things well because we do not see them through Christ. Fr. Allan, OP, speaks.
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Drawing on personal pain and loss, Fr. Allan, OP, reflects on the problem of evil and loss.
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