The great city of Corinth in the Bible that St. Paul visited on his missionary journey was far larger and wealthier than its current namesake. Corinth’s cosmopolitan character made it a model of ...

Today marks the 500th anniversary of the day that, as the story goes, a young Catholic priest named Martin Luther nailed his “95 Theses” to the door of Wittenberg Castle. To say the series of events ...

It was only about two months ago, on Holy Thursday, that the church celebrated the body and blood of Christ. It might seem odd to commemorate that gift again so soon, but today’s celebration has a ...

Most educated, serious Christians understand that suffering is to be expected in the Christian life. It's not an anomaly or interruption in an otherwise “normal” life. It's to be expected; even ...

I did not go to Mass this weekend. I am grateful that my parish and diocese have suspended the public celebration of the Eucharist for the foreseeable future in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

take into you so that it becomes a piece of your inmost self. Surrency’s poem creates a question from the challenge St. Augustine gave his people when he preached on the sacrament of the Eucharist in ...

Like the members of our physical bodies, each member of the body of Christ is significant and dependent on one another. That the church is the “body of Christ” is more than simply a figure of speech.

Once we grasp that we’re the body of Christ, we start to see the church in a whole new light. The Bible’s teaching about the church isn’t easy to grasp. The church is a mystery, and it is only with ...