Friends, we’re getting very close to Pentecost, the great feast of the descent of the Spirit. And on this Sixth Sunday of Easter, the Church gives us three readings that are hinting at the Holy Spirit—a kind of foretaste of that descent.

Friends, I recently visited the Saint Paul Seminary to speak with the seminarians there about Scripture and the priesthood. Please join me in praying for our seminarians and priests!

Watch my talk here: youtube.com/watch?v=MyvlTV…

Sts. Philip and James, pray for us!

St. Athanasius, pray for us!

Friends, if you were in the room with the founding fathers at the birth of America, what would you have argued for? In this clip, D.C. Schindler answers this question, focusing on the meaning—and foundation—of self-evident truths.

Watch our full conversation here:…

Friends, I recently celebrated a young adult Mass at Pax Christi in Rochester, Minnesota. It is crucial to the future of our Church to build up these communities of young people and to encourage them to cultivate their relationship with Jesus, to fight against a culture of…

Friends, this May, please join us in praying 50,000 Rosaries for the intention that those who have fallen away from their faith will return to the Church. Log your Rosary on our website so we can track how many Rosaries have been prayed: wordonfire.org/pray-rosary/#l…

'Work was the daily expression of love in the life of the Family of Nazareth.' —St. John Paul II

St. Joseph the Worker, pray for us!

Friends, on this feast of St. Catherine of Siena, I invite you to watch the “Pivotal Players” episode about her life and vocation. Though this fourteenth-century mystic and Doctor of the Church never studied theology, and in fact never formally learned how to read or write, her…

Friends, I invite you to listen to one of the greatest Catholic poets alive today, James Matthew Wilson, recite the eponymous poem from his brand-new book of original poetry, “Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds.”

Get the book or learn more at wof.org/birds.

'From the darkness light is born.' —St. Catherine of Siena

St. Catherine of Siena, pray for us!

Friends, the Lord Jesus Christ is not a teacher from a distant age, not someone from long ago we remember fondly, not a moral exemplar; rather, he is a field of force. We don’t just listen to him or imitate him; we live in him. Our Gospel for this Fifth Sunday of Easter gives us…

'No one can find Mary who does not look for her.' —St. Louis de Montfort

St. Louis de Montfort, pray for us!

St. Peter Chanel, pray for us!

St. Gianna Molla, pray for us!

St. Mark, pray for us!

Friends, I recently had the honor of installing the new pastor for St. Mary’s in Worthington, Minnesota, Fr. Tim Biren.

Fr. Tim is returning to his southwest Minnesota roots, and we are excited for the future of not only this parish but the school community as well. Catholic…