COMMENTARY: The Holy Father’s use of the optional Mass during Ordinary Time should spur priests worldwide to do the same.

The liturgy of Antioch expresses the epiclesis for the consecration of the sacred chrism (myron) in this way: " [Father . . . send your Holy Spirit] on us and on this oil which is before us and ...

Even though our personal salvation is not assured, we still must hope in it. In the Bible, St. Paul uses the phrases: "the hope of salvation" [1 Thess 5:8] or "hope of eternal life" [Titus 1:2; 3:7].

There’s something magical about pushing your cart through the distinctive red-arched entrance of The Salvation Army Family Store on Kidder Street in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, knowing that for ...

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul thrift store isn’t just another secondhand shop – it’s the mothership of bargain hunting ...

The Minnesota humorist, Garrison Keillor, once observed that people do bad, horrible, dirty, rotten and despicable things, ...

God’s role is often downplayed or ignored in the Declaration, with three godly references that altered history and remain ...

Freedom isn’t doing whatever we want — it’s the power to choose the good. Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati’s life reminds us ...

Those the church rejected were composed much later, which, as Pagels knows, automatically raises questions about their ...

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The Ramayana in Sanskrit was authored by Valmiki There was no literature meant for commoners prior to the Ramayana Only Vedic literature existed before it That s why Valmiki is referred to as adi kavi ...