“This is the beginning. This is the day. You are watching the unfolding of one of history’s great adventures.” Those dramatic words began the 1965 sci-fi series, “Lost in Space.” They are even more ...

The Feast of the Annunciation on March 25 is one of the most important on the Church calendar. First, it celebrates the actual Incarnation of Jesus Christ — the Word made flesh in the womb of the ...

In my life I all too often seek to completely understand large decisions before I make a real commitment to them. I want to know exactly what is going to happen, how it is going to happen and why it ...

Leonardo da Vinci's "Annunciation," dated to c. 1472–1476, depicts the scene narrated early in the Gospel according to Luke wherein the archangel Gabriel appears to Mary, seeking her Fiat for God's ...

Pope Francis has invited Catholics to annually renew an act of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25. The solemnity of the Annunciation on Saturday marks one year since Pope Francis ...

“A body you prepared for me” (Heb 10:5). I discovered when I sat down to write this reflection that, either providentially or absurdly, I had been assigned the identical first reading and Gospel when ...

When Graciela Daniele was 6 years old, a doctor diagnosed her as having a problem with her arches. But rather than wear special shoes or have surgery, he suggested a most unusual prescription: "Why ...