Faith & Life

NOT LONG AGO, I was asked to lead a funeral vigil at a local mortuary. I did not know the…

WHILE SOME THINK of God as a judge waiting to catch us in wrongdoing and punish us, this is not…

“I HAVE LEARNED THE secret of being well fed and of going hungry, of living in abundance and of being…

EIGHT HUNDRED YEARS AGO, a humble, poor man radically in love with God and on fire for the Gospel died…

THE PARABLE OF THE two sons has been played out across the centuries, both before Jesus, and after, in your…

AUTUMN IS ON THE calendar, although not in the weather! Leaves on deciduous trees will convert from lush greens to…

WITHOUT STOPPING TO think or look it up, about how many times do you think that England’s Royal Family was…

AS WE CELEBRATE THE 50TH anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of Orange, we are invited to imitate Mary,…

IN TODAY’S FIRST READING, Elijah is searching for the presence of God. This wise prophet knows his creator, so he’s…

DO YOU HAVE A PEARL of great price in your life? John Steinbeck’s allegorical novella, “The Pearl,” infuses the “pearl…