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Editor’s note: Our guest contributor is based in Australia, so some spelling and usage reflect Australian English. Let’s have lunch. Let’s pack up. And let’s go to bed. I have twin toddlers, so I say some version of that all day, and a good share of it comes back declined. By about the fourth round …

Guest Post by: David Tonaszuck A reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 13:24-30 Dear Friends in Christ, There was once a boy, not much older than fourteen, who wandered the dusty back roads near a small farming town at the turn of the century. He was an orphan, left to fend for himself in a …

Editor’s Note: Matthew Chicoine interviewed the Association of Friends of Saint Carlo Acutis USA, via email in the summer of 2026. Some of the questions/answers may have been rearranged, edited, and paraphrased to provide the best reader experience without losing any integrity of the answers given. For readers who may only know Saint Carlo Acutis …

Welcome to another The Simple Catholic Sunday Funnies! Growing up, one of my favorite parts of Sunday was flipping to the comics section of the newspaper: a little pocket of humor, color, and light-heartedness to start the week. Now, in that same spirit, I’m excited to share this weekly collection of wholesome, funny Catholic comic …

What is a wall rosary? A wall rosary is just like a regular rosary with the following difference: it’s too large to fit in your pocket. To non-Catholics it makes look like a gigantic necklace but it’s so much more than a mere decoration. The rosary is a Catholic devotion that includes the Our Father, …