Catholic Journal

One of the worst sinking feelings we do not want to experience in our fast-paced world is pressing the ignition button and failing to hear the vrmmmm sound of our car awakening from its mechanical sleep.The readings (Is 55:1-3; Romans 8:35, 37-39); Mt 14:13-21) for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time are all about God’s superpower-packed “battery” designed for our spiritual life...

Temple University in Philadelphia is the third largest university in Pennsylvania; it enjoys a worldwide reputation for research, scholarship, and education, and has international campuses in Tokyo and Rome, in addition to several here in the United States. The official story of its founding states that it was established in 1884 by a Baptist minister who had served as a Unio...

On the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we hear the familiar term Kingdom of Heaven. It must be quite important because we hear it often; but do we clearly know what it refers to?

“But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.” (Mt 13:16-17)

My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, we must take these words from Jesus as a reprimand and an invitation...

A woman named Sarina was leaving her hotel when suddenly her left arm no longer worked; she dropped her purse, her arm went numb, and she was convinced she was having a stroke, or apoplexy. A stranger helped her down to the lobby and called for help. An ambulance was summoned, Sarina was admitted to a hospital, and an MRI was scheduled—even though she was claustrophobic, and ...