Daily Prayer

Daily Prayer

“In peace let us pray to the Lord,” the first petition of several litanies in the Divine Liturgies of St. John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great, in essence tells us to leave our cares behind and to actually talk with God in prayer. Prayer is the...
Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day

What Every Mother Needs, by Msgr. James Lisante From all the advertising on TV as well as in newspapers and magazines, you have to figure that mothers everywhere long for fine jewelry, designer clothing, bouquets of flowers and, of course, a fine dining experience to...
The Hard Reality of the Kingdom of God

The Hard Reality of the Kingdom of God

There are many things that bring us up against the hard reality of the Kingdom of God. The Gospel given to us by Christ, the verbal icon of the Kingdom, often gives us commands or parables that run radically counter to instinct (as we experience it) and, not...