This Sunday’s readings call the faithful to reconsider the most holy body and blood of Christ in light of extreme divisions facing our country and world. This Sunday, the readings draw out three ...

The great city of Corinth in the Bible that St. Paul visited on his missionary journey was far larger and wealthier than its current namesake. Corinth’s cosmopolitan character made it a model of ...

I made a profession of faith at a summer camp when I was 16 years old, and I was tempted to get baptized right then and there, in the pool at the camp. My motivation to move quickly had little to do ...

As a graduate student, I was first drawn to Angela of Foligno (c. 1248-1309) because of her intensity. Here was a woman who, in a moment of devotion and penitence, stripped herself naked before the ...

The three smallest bones in the human body are the middle ear ossicles—the malleus, incus, and stapes—more commonly known as the hammer, anvil, and stirrup. "The hammer is arranged so that one end is ...

The Son did not forsake his body in the grave, and he won’t forsake ours either. My son’s first day of life was also my grandmother’s last. She was among my closest friends and biggest cheerleaders, ...

The Apostle Paul says in Romans 12:5, “For we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.” Paul compared the church to a human body, in which each part has a ...

Author’s note: I will be on the road during the coming week. Pencil Preaching will resume on Sunday, May 7. Thank you. Pat Marrin "Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you ...