by Carol Lynn Miller | Apr 24, 2019 | Prayer, Talks
In a homily from the octave of Easter, Fr. Spitzer discusses two Resurrection narratives and how each illustrate different ways Jesus revealed Himself to those living in His time and continues to reveal Himself to us today. Fr. Spitzer begins by explaining the two...
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Apr 21, 2019 | Shroud of Turin, The Reality of Jesus
Last year, George Weigel’s Wall Street Journal article, “The Easter Effect,” provided an instructive glimpse of the first Christians’ response to encounters with Jesus in His glorified, resurrected body. Weigel first wonders: how did a ragtag band of nobodies from the...
by Carol Lynn Miller | Apr 19, 2019 | God and Suffering, Philosophy, Prayer
In 1979, a large crowd gathered around the church of St. Agnes in New York to hear the wisdom of Fulton Sheen in the last Good Friday homily that he preached. The topic of Bishop Sheen’s homily was “Spectators on and about the Cross.” He broke the spectators into...
by Guest Writer | Apr 2, 2019 | Guest Blogs, Latest, Soul
Everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good, but if salt becomes insipid, with what will you restore its flavor? Keep salt in yourselves and you will have peace with one another (Mark 9:49-50). Let’s begin with a few observations about salt in Jesus’ time....
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Mar 15, 2019 | Latest, Science, Reason & Faith, Shroud of Turin
When the results of the Carbon 14 dating of the Shroud of Turin were released in 1989, it shocked the world. Three separate, reputable labs yielded dates between 1260 and 1390. Scientists were puzzled and many believers shocked and disappointed. Fr. Spitzer admits to...
