Lifted out of time into eternity

By Msgr. William Cleves. In his excellent book, “The Gates of the Forest,” Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, having told a story, remarked that God made us because God loves stories. The image has remained with me since I read that book decades ago. It must have been with me when I first paged through the […]

The Cross and the Eucharist

By Msgr. Gerald Twaddell. Day in and day out, from morning to evening, hundreds of people — some true pilgrims, others merely tourists — make their way to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City. They climb the steep stairway not far to the right inside the main door to reach Calvary. […]

A gift of presence and unifying love

By David Cooley. Did you know that when you attend Mass you are present — actually present— to the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross? Though you can’t see it, it’s as if you were standing right there at the foot of the cross during the crucifixion. In his encyclical letter, “Ecclesia de Eucharistia,” (“On […]