"If we come to understand that God suffers alongside us as one who truly knows what it means to suffer, our anger morphs into love and our suffering mysteriously becomes a means of transformation."

The gift of my Catholic faith is one I cherish above all others. And, yet, how do I love a church that once considered my brother and sister to be unworthy of eternal life with God?

A Homily for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein

'Exodus 90' is meant as a spiritual and athletic exercise for men that centers on prayer, fasting and fraternity. It gets some things wrong and some things right. In the process, it reveals some of the failures of the church today.

Both running and our spiritual lives teach us to start small, embrace imperfection and recognize progress over time.

Want to keep your New Year’s resolution? Try going to confession—and therapy.