We're back!After more than a month of transition, The Welcome Matt blog is finally hosted on CatholicReview.org exclusively. We'll be doing many of the same things you enjoyed before: news and views on the 'young church,' in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and beyond with video, audio, pictures and the writtenRead More
The parable of the sower recounts the story of an individual sowing seeds on rocky soil, amid thorns, and on good soil. The seeds that fell on rocky soil died due to their inability to grow roots, the seeds that grew near the thorns were choked by the thorns andRead More
John and I always hoped for children. We prayed for a family as we practiced natural family planning. We just didn’t know how long it would take to become parents.I remember talking to one kind, well-intentioned priest. “Pray to St. Gerard,” he told me in his most reassuring voice, echoingRead More
John 3:16. We see it on T-shirts, bumper stickers, rubber band bracelets, and even across Tim Tebow’s eyeblack. I always knew it’s meaning, “For God so loved the world, he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life,” onRead More
Everyone wants to feel better. We all want to be healthier in some way. When we decide to make that happen, it usually comes in one of two forms: diet and exercise. And usually we do too much too soon.But that’s not the whole story. During the last couple ofRead More