Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The great English writer and Catholic convert G.K. Chesterton wrote in The Catholic Church and Conversion “The Catholic Church is the only thing which saves a man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age.” He continued “We do not really want a religion that is right where we are right. What we want is a religion that is right where we are wrong.” He understood the human condition in a profound way. We human beings, though we can often be right about things, do not need to be told when…read more

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In the Mass, the Church invites us to a conscious and active prayer, while simultaneously reminding us that the act of participating in liturgical worship is itself a participation in “sacred mysteries.” In every Mass, we encounter something of the tension between that which we understand and can fully comprehend, and that which is mysterious and unknown. How is it that the Mass is meant to be something in which we participate, while it is also something that we may not always understand? It’s important here to clarify what is meant by “participation” and…read more