Some Catholics, especially parents of young children, find Sunday Mass attendance difficult. As a parent of a spirited three-year-old and a busy one-year-old who loves to show off her prodigious…
Published August 23, 2017 by Matt Nelson
Published January 4, 2016 by Matt Nelson
Several months ago I received an email from a Catholic in my area regarding the propriety of receiving Holy Communion in the hand vs. the tongue. His question arose after…
Published June 29, 2015 by Matt Nelson
The night before He died, Jesus held up unleavened bread to the twelve disciples and said, “This is my body”. Here, undoubtedly, the disciples experienced another dose of “Jesus-Shock” (a term coined by…
Published April 20, 2015 by Matt Nelson
Several years ago my sister and I stood in our parents’ kitchen, eyes locked in serious debate. We were debating the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. At the time,…
Published March 6, 2015 by Matt Nelson
I believe that we live in an age where fallen-away Catholics don’t really know what they’ve left, non-Catholics don’t really know what they’re missing, and many Catholics don’t really know what…
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Published March 3, 2015 by Matt Nelson
What divides Christians? Very much and very little. We all agree that Jesus Christ, true God and true man, was born into 1st century Palestine to a Jewish virgin and…
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