Why do we not often not feel the full effects of the Holy Spirit that we have received?

The Ascension of Our Lord

"World Peace and Love" is a very different ideal than the peace that Our Lord offers. Which do we choose in our lives?

What are the ways in which true love manifests itself. A short Gospel with two key words: 'Love' and 'As.' We are called to love 'as' Christ has loved us. This means loving in the difficult ways, being compassionate, and yet also lovingly and appropriately admonishing the sinner. This is the love that marks shows the difference between loving as Christ, and loving in a purely human fashion.

Good Shepherd Sunday

Circumstances in which we need to put God first in our everyday lives.

The mercy of God, and the amazing story of Nazi war criminal, SS Commander of Auschwitz Rudolf Höss.

Easter - the holiest and happiest of days, towards which the whole of the liturgical calendar points, and which brings more directly to the forefront the truth and beauty of Jesus, and eternal life. The liturgical season ebbs and flows through our lives, guiding us ever closer to the reality of our true home - Heaven. Living the seasons, Sunday after Sunday, feast day to feast day, brings us more in touch with the true purpose of our lives - our birthday into eternal life.

How to get the most grace from Holy Week. Practical advice about how to really enter into this holiest time of the year for us as Catholics.

St. Thomas Aquinas says "Everything Our Lord does is for our instruction." So why did Jesus weep, as this Sunday's Gospel says? Why weep, if you know you are about to raise Him from the dead?