The New Normal and the Cross
No matter what “new normal” the world might throw my way, I’m reminded that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
What in the World
All Things New: Twitter and the Communion of Saints
Sliding into a stranger’s DMs with “plzzzz take a risk & get to know me I wanna be bffffffffsss” is creepy.
Plenty of Questions about Plenary Indulgences: A Priest’s Answers
Today’s Guest Contributor is Father Andrew Hart, priest and friend of Bellator Society. He answers some questions for us about the special new Plenary Indulgence granted by the Holy See this week in response to the Covid-19 health crisis. ____________________________ Question: What is an indulgence? Father: An indulgence is the remission of the temporal punishment for … Read more
From Something Good
You can actually live without the thing—anything—even a very good thing, for a good reason, for a period of time. In the midst of this current Covid-19 health crisis, our world is about to figure that out.
Christ in the Corona Crisis: A Priest’s Answers
his Sunday is the first of potentially many more Sundays on which American Catholics will remain home instead of going to Mass. So many of our lives are being affected by the Covid-19 contagion in a multitude of ways. We are all looking for Christ in the storm.
Hymns of Penitence
Sometimes when you just don’t have the words for a situation, comforting prayers or the poetry of a hymn, can come to the rescue.
Our Papa, The Bishop
We humans tend to remember where we were or what we were doing at those points in our lives that we received news that we knew would alter the course of history or in the very least mean major changes for our own.
RIP Kobe Bryant
Tragically, on January 26, 2020, along with his daughter and 7 other souls, he died in a helicopter crash in Southern California. I was at a birthday party when the news flashed up on my iPhone. I didn’t know him, of course. But, I immediately said a prayer.