Commentary

School is done and summer has begun. But between registering kids for sports and mapping family road trips, I've had to catch myself. Where could we seek and find God in this new season, too?

The famous Catholic writer Flannery O'Connor recounted in a letter the time she got in an argument with another famous writer, Mary McCarthy, over the Eucharist. McCarthy described the Eucharist as a symbol.

During the Fourth and Fifth Centuries, the Church was beset by conflict over different understandings of the God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, who they are and their relationship to each other. A series of three major ecumenical councils addressed these questions and progressively defined the Church’s doctrine of the Most Holy Trinity.

Vaccines shouldn’t have abortion ties

Say what you want about some of the creative dialogue produced in “The Chosen,” if indeed you have viewed any parts of the popular series, but there is a compelling visual and verbal exchange in an early episode that truly moves the heart.

There was a woman who, at nearly 40 years old, after having had six children and one miscarriage, learned she was about to have another child. Though she loved being a mother, the weight of this reality did not fill her with joy.

Bread is among the earliest prepared foods, with archeological evidence of it dating back more than 10,000 years. A primary source of nourishment for humankind, bread is replete with mythology, tradition and ritual. Scripture offers some fine examples.

How often do you think about how small you are?