Swearing by marriage requires perseverance

Andrea Mrozek · February 6, 2025

There are no ordinary people, and there are no ordinary marriages.

Entering hope by opening Holy Doors

Luke Stocking · February 6, 2025

Long ago while walking in Montreal, I came across an orange street work sign alongside Montreal’s Cathedral, Marie-Reine-du-Monde. It said, “Rue Barré” (road blocked). I took a snapshot for Instagram and posted: ‘le chemin vers Dieu n'est jamais barré.’ – The way to God is never barred.

Life gives us abundant nudges to pray

Laura Kelly Fanucci · January 31, 2025

During my husband’s years in business school, he learned about the power of the “nudge”: how to form a new habit by connecting it to a habit you already have. This practice changed my life.

Seeing the heart of God in our midst

Cheryl-Ann Smith · January 31, 2025

It is a scene of devastation, love and hope. A scene from the movie The Soloist somehow reveals the stunning beauty and tenderness of the Heart of God.

Do not fear taking risks for our faith

The Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read each day this week, Sunday, February 2 to Saturday, February 8, 2025.

Lea Karen Kivi · January 31, 2025

The Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read each day this week, Sunday, February 2 to Saturday, February 8, 2025.

Hope springs free speech will flourish again

Paul Schratz · January 30, 2025

In the words of Pope Francis, there’s reason to hope the best days are still to come, but it’s not an exaggeration to say the past decade hasn’t been the best time for freedom of expression in Canada and around the world.

A chapel, a christening, a cradle and a commission concluded

Lubomyr Luciuk · January 30, 2025

They christened me Lubomirus. They named me in Kingston, in the St James Chapel of St Mary’s Cathedral. It was Tuesday June 29, 1954.

Questioning Faith

Table is big enough for the prodigal son and you

Mary Marrocco · January 30, 2025

Should a spouse expect to know what the other spouse says in confession? Some, whether from anxiety, past hurts or other reasons, feel aggrieved at not being told.

Editorial

To CRA, with gratitude

January 28, 2025

Rarely, if ever, do Canadians put the acronym CRA and the word “Hallelujah” together.

Figure of Speech

No exit when Christ enters our hearts

Gerry Turcotte · January 24, 2025

I am surely not the only child who was stressed to see Catholic calendars displaying images of Jesus adorned with an anatomically explicit, occasionally bleeding, heart.