Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,” says Jeremiah in this Sunday's readings. Msgr. Joseph Prior compares the prophet's plea with the Beatitudes of Jesus, which encourage his disciples to place ...

Have you ever been through a hard time in your life? A time where you hurt inside and your mind and body felt numb? A feeling that makes you become broken because of what has happened? Well, even ...

ALTON - On a recent episode of “You’re Beautiful” with Brian Trust, Kristen and her brother Nathan spoke about trusting God in the wake ...

We can all too flippantly use the term "God willing", while not really appreciating what God's will might be. He has made some of his will plain, but there is much about the future we can not know.

I think of Joseph and his coat of many colors. His father, Jacob, loved Joseph and he gave him a very beautiful coat. When his brothers saw that their father ...

Time alone with our Lord is essential to intimacy with him. In addition to daily connection, periodic spiritual retreats can deepen one’s relationship with him tremendously. Most parishes offer Advent ...

When Mary and Joseph made the choice to travel to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover, as was their custom, a journey of three to four days was not a minor event. The men traveled as a group, ...

Yitro, this week’s Torah portion, has a lot to say about qualifications for public officials — namely, trustworthiness and ...

David also said, ‘As the Lord lives, surely the Lord will strike him, or his day will come that he dies, or he will go down into battle and perish.” ...