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In the apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, a certain expression returns time and again—the joy of finding the lost one. This is what the father felt when the prodigal son finally returned home. Our Heavenly Father feels this, too, and He shares this joy with...

Dear Friends, Ralph asked me to write this month’s letter, and I am honored to be able to share some insights from the mission field with all of you. As always, the Lord has given us no shortage of mission opportunities, and He has been working in power. We are seeing...

Mary is the preeminent example of a disciple of the Lord. St. Augustine says that not only was she his mother, but she was also his disciple. She who had the privilege of bearing Him as mother, obeyed Him as master. I think when we look to her, we see this icon of a...

We have seen a wonderful reactivation of the charismatic dimension of the Church. It started in a particular way in the Catholic charismatic renewal, and the purpose of this renewal was to awaken us all to the reality of the Holy Spirit and the gifts that He wants to...

Each Lent, I see more people adopting the practice of turning their phone to grayscale, penitentially depriving themselves of color. I live in southeastern Michigan, which always makes lists of “cloudiest cities in America” with cloud cover more than fifty percent of...

I can still remember being nine years old, sitting in my grandparents’ basement, watching the movie The Ten Commandments with Charlton Heston, completely enthralled for all three hours and forty minutes of run time. The scene of the Israelites worshipping the golden...