In celebrating the Feast of the Holy Family, we draw attention to this fundamental fact about families, and, in this case, salvation. Not being his neighbor or kin, none of us can say what came from Joseph and what was of Mary, but we do know that the two of them made him the man he was.

If you find the Christmas tale too good to be true, you are going to have a problem with Willa Cather’s short story, “The Burglar’s Christmas.”

The virgin birth is the resurrection, being read into human sexuality

Why is bad news so much easier to believe than the good?

Have you ever noticed how many of our popular, secular Christmas songs are not about the day itself but rather about hope and longing as that date draws near?

If you are wondering about those who lead you, ask yourself: Do they call you to something higher, something that demands your own growth?

Praying in a time of fear is a bit like learning to ride a bicycle. It goes against the grain of fear itself.

Something that happened more than 2,000 years ago will draw all of time, all of the longings of the human heart, into itself.

In the life of every long-lived man and woman, the future flows into promise, then fades into peril and panic.

The whole world may not be at war, but sometimes our personal worlds do collapse.