Category: Religion

Is. 5:1–7 / Ps. 80:9, 12–16, 19–20 / Phil. 4:6–9 / Mt. 21:33–43 In this week’s Gospel, Jesus returns to the Old Testament symbol of… Read More

     For many Christians, the cross has become an everyday thing. They are used to wearing a baptismal cross, used to the crucifix in the… Read More

Before he became Florida’s sixth inmate to be executed in the state this year, convicted murderer Michael Duane Zack concluded his final statement Oct. 3… Read More

Photo: Soborpskov.ru    A return from the other world Among the many stories that I’ve heard from believers are accounts of events that had led… Read More

Manhattan Beach Police Department motorcycle officer and St. John Bosco High School graduate Chad Swanson was killed on Oct. 4 in a multi-vehicle crash on… Read More

We are not considered humblewhen we only humiliate ourselves,but when, having been humiliated by others,we accept it without embarrassment,as being worthy of it.Likewise, our spiritual… Read More

October 7 is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. Known for several centuries as the feast of “Our Lady of Victory,” today’s feast… Read More

Conception of St. John the Forerunner. Icon of St. John the Forerunner, with feasts. First third of the 16th century, Rostov Kremlin State Museum. Photo:… Read More

There is the village of Elnat in Russia’s Kostroma region. A certain Simon Shitov lived in its area in the sixteenth century. He withdrew to… Read More