When Prayer Is Like Shouting Into a Void …
Posted August 3rd, 2016
A letter to a college student who didn’t go to World Youth Day. [Read More...]
What the Sacred Heart Says
Posted June 10th, 2015
Sacred Heart statue, St. Benedict Church, Atchison, Kan. The Sacred Heart used to bother me. I found the pictures of Jesus with his heart hovering in front of his shirt weird. I [Read More...]
Our Four Versions of Jesus vs. the Real One
Posted January 7th, 2015
“Without the Church, Jesus would be at the mercy of our imagination, our interpretations, our moods,” Pope Francis said on Jan. 1. Undoubtedly that is true. We rewrite him (as in The Da [Read More...]
Sunday: If Christ Is Risen, Faithlessness Is in Vain
Posted May 2nd, 2014
(Photo: Flickr Yuya Sekiguchi) St. Paul famously said that if Christ has not been raised from the dead, our faith is in vain. This Sunday’s Gospel shows that the same thing can [Read More...]
The Suffering Servant
Posted March 27th, 2013
By Fr. Matthew Habiger, OSB | A moral theologian, former president of HLI and noted expert on Natural Family Planning, Fr. Habiger is also a monk at St. Benedict’s Abbey in Atchison, [Read More...]