The body of Saint John Mary Vianney, entombed above the main altar in the Basilica at Ars, France. The face is covered with a wax mask. (Credit: Wikimedia.) Listen The spiritual life is enriched by ...

Hope. It’s a joyous word; a victorious word; a word of vision; and a satisfying word of assurance and strength. Hope, I read, was to leap up in expectation. Hope ...

A few years ago, I attended a four-day conference on the theological virtues. The conference included numerous talks on faith and no shortage of presentations on charity, but there was only one ...