10th Plague of Egypt: ‘There Was Not a House Without the Dead’
OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Exodus’ most devastating plague exposes the price of resistance to God — and why the loss of the firstborn struck at the very heart of Egypt.
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St. Monica and the Spiritual Roots of an Augustinian Pope
SAINTS AND ART: The quiet perseverance of St. Monica and the conversion of her son, St. Augustine, offer a clear window into the spiritual tradition shaping Leo XIV.
The 10 Plagues of Egypt: Signs and Wonders Meant to Move the Heart
COMMENTARY: Far from arbitrary punishments, the plagues of Egypt are presented in Exodus as divine signs meant to call Pharaoh to repentance and reveal the danger of hardening one’s heart against God.
Christmas and the Tyranny of the Possible
COMMENTARY: The Incarnation exposes how often ‘realism’ confuses political limits with divine possibility.
Blessed Aniela Salawa: Humble Servant and Eucharistic Mystic
A mystic formed by suffering and Eucharistic adoration, Blessed Aniela Salawa embodied the Gospel truth that God chooses what the world casts aside.
Pharaoh’s Hardened Heart Meets God’s First Sign
OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Aaron’s staff becomes a serpent, the magicians answer in kind, and the drama of the plagues begins with a warning Pharaoh refuses to hear.
Why 3 p.m. Should Stop Us in Our Tracks
COMMENTARY: The Hour of Mercy is not merely a devotion; it is a daily invitation to prepare for the one appointment none of us can avoid.
‘I AM’ at the Burning Bush: Moses’ Vocation Begins
OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Exodus 3–4 reveals God’s personal call to Moses, the mystery of the divine name, and the mission that will reshape salvation history.
What Is a Catholic Cemetery?
The history of how the cemetery came to represent many forms — religious, civic, military, private — but lost its Catholic heart.
Blessed Mary Magdalene Bódi: Hungary’s New Virgin-Martyr of World War II
Beatified Sept. 6 in Veszprém, Hungary, the young factory worker gave her life resisting a Soviet soldier’s assault in 1945.
