An Encouraging Word — Spiritual truancy: the ‘Jonah Complex’
byWho am I to do this thing? Exodus 3:11 May and June are months when many of us celebrate anniversaries: marriages, ordinations and graduations….
Editorials & Commentary
An Encouraging Word — Compassionate people watching
byFather J. Ronald Knott Show kindness and compassion toward each other. Zechariah 7:9 The ideas for this column come from observing ordinary people going…
An Encouraging Word — On women religious
byFather J. Ronald Knott If this endeavor is of human origin, it will destroy itself. But if it comes from God, you may find…
Hope in the Lord — The Door of Faith — God’s love overflows
byArchbishop Joseph E. Kurtz Last week I was at St. Louis Bertrand Church speaking to a gathering of parents who came together to assist…
Time to Speak — A new look at immigration
by“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores. Send these, the homeless,…
An Encouraging Word — Sometimes our lives resemble Job’s
byFather J. Ronald Knott Know then that God has dealt unfairly with me. Job 19:6 My mother died of breast cancer 36 years ago…
An Encouraging Word — A message to graduates
byFather J. Ronald Knott One who puts his trust in God is like a tree planted by the waterside that thrusts its roots to…
Hope in the Lord — Doing well in life, a deeper look
byArchbishop Joseph E. Kurtz Recently I discovered a quote from Blessed John Henry Newman that is quite timely. As I reflected on it in…
An Encouraging Word — A priest’s leadership
byFather J. Ronald Knott He walks ahead of the sheep and they follow him because they recognize his voice. They will not follow a…
Hope in the Lord — Six weeks until ‘Fortnight for Freedom’
byArchbishop Joseph E. Kurtz Six weeks from now you will be invited to participate in a 14-day special event — the “Fortnight for Freedom”…