Blog Post by Richard Nichols S.J.
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13 April 2019
13 April 2019 Optional Memorial of Saint Martin I, pope and martyr St. Martin I was a good pope. He was a martyr, too. That is why the Church ...
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12 April 2019
12 April 2019 Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent I recently attended some training for employees about how to respond to an active-shooter ...
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11 April 2019
11 April 2019 Memorial of Saint Stanislaus, bishop, martyr For a grain of wheat to become fruitful and multiply, it must first fall to the ...
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10 April 2019
10 April 2019 Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent The third chapter of the book of Daniel relates how three young men chose to remain faithful ...
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9 April 2019
9 April 2019 Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent “We are disgusted with this wretched food!” This is how the Israelites complained after they had ...
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8 April 2019
8 April 2019 Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent St. Ignatius Loyola considered the possibility that the superior general of the Society of Jesus, ...
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7 April 2019
7 April 2019 Fifth Sunday of Lent Christianity is not primarily a religion of the past, but a religion of the present. To defend this ...
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9 February 2019
9 February 2019 Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time A couple of weeks ago, I was visiting someone in the hospital, and the topic of ...
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8 February 2019
8 February 2019 Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time One of the reasons so many people today identify as “spiritual but not religious” is ...
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7 February 2019
7 February 2019 Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time “You have not approached that which could be touched” (Heb 12:18). This verse ...
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