Cause of Our Joy / Katie Faley Fridays in Lent can be difficult. There are several other days during the year that are not Lenten Fridays when I don’t eat meat — purely on accident. But when I have to purposefully choose to not eat meat? Forget it. The world comes crashing down. I also […]
Continue readingIn My Father’s House / By Paul Thomas Moore One of the little girls in my second grade class was animatedly relating how she had “just fainted” at her first glimpse of The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show the night previous. Sister St. Andrew was bemused. I’d seen that look before. It was the […]
Continue readingMy Vocation is Love / Lindsey Weishar In preparation for the start of Lent, Father David Yallaly of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius came to St. Matthew Parish in Champaign on Feb. 14 to preach a mission and to celebrate a Latin Low Mass. Noting Pope Paul VI’s address to artists at the […]
Continue readingIn My Father’s House / Paul Thomas Moore I’ve been blessed to have written just over 60 columns for The Catholic Post. I receive cards, letters, and emails from readers on a regular basis. Surprisingly, I’ve never actually received anything negative. Occasionally, the thought has crossed my mind I must be doing something wrong. However, […]
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Catholic Post columnist Katie Faley is pictured with her grandfather, Mike Faley. Mr. Faley died on Feb. 14, 2021, at the age of 100. (Provided photo)
Cause of Our Joy / Katie Faley My grandfather, Mike Faley, lived 100 years before peacefully passing away this past Valentine’s Day. When my grandmother died in 2004, Grandpa started coming to my family’s home for dinner every night, eventually moving in last year. I got a front row seat to the vast wisdom of […]
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Father Joe Hogan distributes ashes 2021 sprinkle-safe style to Dr. Kevin Gray during an evening Ash Wednesday Mass Feb. 17 at Our Lady of the Lake Church in Mahomet. (For The Catholic Post/Greg Taylor Photography)
In My Father’s House / Paul Thomas Moore My daughter Sarah did her post-graduate studies in Ireland, and she mentioned something she’d noticed there on Ash Wednesday. Her friend Ruth had come into the classroom (ironically, in Hebrew the name Ruth means “friend”), and Sarah greeted her with a nod and smile. However, Sarah did […]
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Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States as his wife, Jill Biden, holds a Bible on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington Jan. 20, 2021. (CNS/ Reuters)
In My Father’s House / Paul Thomas Moore In responding to the pro-choice presidency of Joe Biden, I’m going to try and take a leaf from the book of Dr. Anthony Fauci, who said he “took no pleasure” in contradicting former President Trump on COVID. When Dr. Fauci felt he had to correct the record […]
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This design represents Christ's 40 days in the desert. The passage is from the first reading this Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. (CNS graphic/Nancy Wiechec)
My Vocation is Love / By Lindsey Weishar I don’t know about you, but I often mentally brace myself for Lent. The season feels so long, so winter-ridden, and in this time of lingering pandemic, especially isolating. Yet, the Online Etymology Dictionary reminds me that Lent comes from an Old English word meaning “lengthening of […]
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The interior of St. Brigid Church on Inishmore Island off the West Coast of Ireland.
Cause of Our Joy / Katie Faley Kneeling in a tiny stone church only big enough to hold about 70 people, I saw the priest raise the bread above the altar and bells rang from behind him. I snapped to attention, finally finding my footing in a Mass that had me pretty lost. I was […]
Continue readingIn My Father’s House / Paul Thomas Moore I had a bit of a temper tantrum last week. I slammed a kitchen drawer. I was frustrated that someone called just as we were about to watch our favorite TV show. My wife is very kind to relatives and friends and would never say our favorite […]
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