Proceed With Love As we proceed through Lent and life, we might do well to take cues from some church leaders of the past, like Pope Francis, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, and Jesus. The way of proceeding through synodality is like the Ignatian Way of Proceeding. They...
As mid-February takes us from Friday the Thirteenth to Valentine’s Day to the Lord’s Day to President’s Day to Mardi Gras to Ash Wednesday…each day might feel like an emotional rollercoaster with thoughts of human love, divine love, love of nation, celebration, bad...
Sucked In by Father Don Farnan – February 2, 2026 Outgoing United States Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was recently asked if he had any advice for his successor. He responded, “Don’t get pulled into the politics.” Regardless of one’s job or position in...
The greatest happiness a person can experience, I think, is feeling close to God. It can also be overwhelming. Perhaps your concept of God is the one power that overcomes all other powers—or a love more powerful than either life or death. Maybe your sense of the...
In The Two Popes, Benedict XVI and Francis watch a World Cup soccer match between their home countries, Germany and Argentina. That is fiction. In reality, however, Francis was a big fan. In his homily one World Youth Day he proclaimed, “Jesus offers us something...
Just as our church has annual holy days to honor noble saints so does our nation have annual holidays to honor noble citizens. As we approach Martin Luther King Day (January 19), we’ll be reminded that it is not supposed to be a day off but a day on; some think of it...
