Those Who Hear and Act
Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time | Proverbs 21:1-6, 10-13 | Psalm 21 | Luke 8:19-21
Deacon Michael Halbrook
Faith, family, work, and life - all intertwined.
Permanent deacon of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. Husband, father of four sons, builder of Catholic technology, and writer of essays, fiction, and homilies.
Aldric Again
The email from Aldric arrived on a Tuesday morning, two weeks after the October gathering, while Joshua was at the kitchen table writing the argument.
Faith & Life
Heading to New Orleans
The 64th International Catholic Stewardship Council Annual Conference
The Study at the Roman College
Two Lamps, Issue 20: Saint Robert Bellarmine and Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Bellarmine's study at the Roman College, an autumn afternoon in 1585
The Naples Find
What follows is the document recovered from the Jesuit archive in Naples in September 2026, translated from the Latin by Claire Ashworth and incorporated into the record with the permission of the archive.
Homilies & Reflections
Stop Counting
Peter asks about forgiving seven times. Jesus says seventy-seven - inverting the oldest pattern of human violence. Homily for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Faith & Life
What Is Actually Asked of You
The most common thing Catholics get wrong about dying is believing the Church requires them to endure everything medicine can do. It does not, and it never has. What is actually permitted, and what to do about it this week.
Another Voice ↗
Essays
The Sanitary Food Preparation Act
The law that takes effect in Illinois today passed at two in the morning on Halloween, by the narrowest possible margin, inside a bill about food safety.
The Cell at Cartagena
Two Lamps, Issue 19: Saint Peter Claver and Saint John Chrysostom, the Jesuit residence in Cartagena de Indias, an evening in 1625 as a slave ship approaches the harbor