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God helps us answer the question: ‘Who am I?’
Who is God? And how does his identity impact my life? These are big questions that most of us don’t think about often, if at all. But the...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Jul 16, 20215 min read


The only thing to fear…is not being in awe of the Lord
Part of the tradition of the Catholic Church is meditation on “Fear of the Lord” as a gift of the Holy Spirit, based Isaiah 11:1-3 and...

Denver Catholic Staff
Jul 15, 20216 min read


The good news of God’s fatherhood
family, childhood and fatherhood concept - happy father and little son playing and having fun outdoors over autumn park background...

Andrew McGown
Jul 14, 20216 min read


Love, revealed: Understanding the central mystery of the Trinity
By Elizabeth Klein Assistant Professor of Theology at the Augustine Institute If you are a lifelong Catholic or if you have taken...

Denver Catholic Staff
Jul 13, 20215 min read


Like Father, like Son: Ten Ways Jesus Christ Reveals God’s Identity
In the Old Testament, God’s people of Israel knew of God as father, but only in a general sense. For instance, since God is creator of...

Daniel Campbell
Jul 12, 20216 min read


I AM Who Am: God is greater than anything we can imagine
Even when Thomas Aquinas was young, he was known often to ask, “who is God?” As he grew into one of the Church’s greatest theologians, he...

Denver Catholic Staff
Jul 8, 20214 min read


Seven keys to finding God in nature
By Chris Lanciotti Today, many of us often hear the phrase that one “finds God in nature.” While something in that near cliché phrase...

Denver Catholic Staff
Jun 30, 20215 min read


Christ, the ballast of Christian community
(Photo: Adobe Stock) On the morning of August 10, 1628, the Swedish warship Vasa set sail from its harbor in the port of Stockholm. Built...

Father John Nepil
May 28, 20217 min read


What happens in Germany, revisited
By Francis X. Maier Writing on the quincentennial of the Reformation and its parallels with emerging problems in the 21st-century German...

Denver Catholic Staff
May 26, 20214 min read


St. Joseph through Mary’s eyes
Detail of high altar by Sieger Koder in St. Joseph's Church in Bad Urach, Germany There are two people who could best provide a...

Bishop Jorge Rodriguez
Apr 23, 20216 min read


The Resurrection: Hysterical Belief or Historical Reality?
By Dr. Alan Fimister Assistant Professor at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary At the Last Supper, Our Lord told his disciples, “Amen,...

Denver Catholic Staff
Apr 6, 20216 min read


St. Dismas: A penitent thief and the paradise of belief
“Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.” There is power in words, and especially so in the words of Christ. While...

Aaron Lambert
Apr 2, 20213 min read


The Crucified Christ: An emblem of victory
The Christ on a background of the sky ,3d render (Photo: Adobe Stock) The crucified Christ is both the most popular and powerful image in...

Scott Elmer, D. Min.
Apr 2, 20216 min read


From Paradise then to Paradise now
The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1563. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) While not all may know about the story...

Daniel Campbell
Mar 30, 20216 min read


Why did Jesus have to go into the desert?
COL; (c) City of London Corporation; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation (Painting: Briton Rivière, The Temptation in the...

Aaron Lambert
Mar 26, 20213 min read


Remembering Father Leo Heinrichs, Denver’s little-known martyr who could one day be a saint
Father Leo Heinrichs woke up the morning of Feb. 23, 1908, and prepared for the 6 a.m. Mass at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish in Denver....

Aaron Lambert
Feb 23, 20214 min read


We live in a fallen world. Now what?
Once, an editor of The Times newspaper asked G.K. Chesterton, “What is wrong with the world?” Chesterton, the great master of common...

Jared Staudt
Feb 18, 20215 min read


What went wrong?
By Debbie Herbeck Author, Speaker and Founder of the Be Love Revolution One of my favorite things to do with my small grandchildren is to...

Denver Catholic Staff
Feb 17, 20215 min read


The Marvelous Goodness of God’s Creation
By Katie Prejean McGrady Wife, Mother, Author, Speaker Nearly every morning, on the way to school, my three-year-old daughter shouts from...

Denver Catholic Staff
Feb 16, 20217 min read


Want to know the secret to happiness? Ask regular churchgoers.
Denver, Colorado, October, 21, 2018 Young Adult Launch Mass/Social (photo by Andrew Wright) As the poster year for hardship that was 2020...

Aaron Lambert
Feb 11, 20217 min read
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