Tag: Jesus Christ
Why I stay Catholic
Some time ago, I had a memorable dream. I dreamed that I had barged in on a plan to renovate our local church building,...
Drawing closer to Jesus in the New Year
At midnight Mass, our pastor described a family gathering, where someone had brought a new baby. He said the one thing about a baby...
Conference fuels passion for evangelisation
Participants commit to being and making disciples, bringing Christ's love to all
Catholic parishes aren’t meant to be places of comfort for committed Catholics –...
Simcha Fisher: What to do at Mass
You would think that, by now, I would know how to get through the Mass. I don't have little babies to keep me trotting...
A deep longing for God
Sr Kathleen Lee is a postulant at the Carmel of Goonellabah, a suburb of Lismore in north-eastern New South Wales. The community is dedicated...
My life as a lay Carmelite
I believe we come to Carmel for our own reasons and stay for God’s reasons.
Many Carmelites live outside the walls of friaries and monasteries....
Simcha Fisher: The cross is meant to be co-opted
When Rod Dreher announced he and his wife were divorcing, the first thing I should have done was pray for them. Instead, I braced...
‘Shroud is 2000 years old’
New technology enables a closer look at Turin Shroud
A study based on new technology for the dating of artefacts has placed the fabric of...
Philippa Martyr: Ditch the Church rage
An opportunity this Divine Mercy Sunday
I recently read a terrific piece in Catholic World Report by Charles Chaput, emeritus archbishop of Philadelphia. He’s a...
Melto D’Moronoyo: Saving blindness, blessed sight
By Deacon Ron Hassarati
We have reached the Healing of the Blind Man which, in the Maronite Liturgical tradition, is the last Sunday before Hosanna...
Fr Flader Q@A: The Mass, the sacrifice of Jesus
Dear Father, we sometimes hear the expression “the sacrifice of the Mass.” Why do we call the Mass a sacrifice and has it always...
Mark Shea: Why are you giving alms in Lent?
Part 3 of Mark's series on Lent
Jesus is the Word made flesh, not the Word made word. When God chose to save us, he...
