Purple underwear. Say one that’s right in the gospel for the Sunday. This rich man may have been wearing purple underwear. Many scripture scholars have discussed this fine linen, highlighting the absolute extravagance of this rich man’s life. And the heartbreaking thing was the wealth consumed. I need it for us in our lives. Some things consume us that take us away from Jesus. Wealth in and of itself…
Did Jesus tell us to cheat the system? Did he instruct us to falsify our tax returns? Did he give us financial advice like the mafia would? In the gospel for this Sunday. Jesus, of course, is not advocating fraud. But what Jesus is saying is that this dishonest steward was hustling, striving, putting in all this effort to make all this money. And the question is, are we hustling when it comes to Heaven? It’s easy…
What happens when the Pope isn’t just in Rome, but from your own backyard? In this segment, Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria shares his reflections after the Papal Mass at the White Sox stadium. Once a priest in Chicago, now a bishop, he speaks about the joy, energy, and blessing of celebrating faith together and the closeness Catholics feel knowing Pope Leo XIV is one of their own. From imagining papal names to joking about the first Pope on the moon, this candid conversation blends humor with heartfelt truth: the Pope may live in the Vatican, but his roots in Chicago bring a sense of family, affection, and unity that the Church needs today. ✨ “Because he is from here, there’s a closeness we feel… and that grows into affection.” — Bishop Louis Tylka
Based on a true story, Believe: The Bauer Miracle Story follows a Catholic couple facing a devastating prenatal diagnosis. When they turn to prayer, what unfolds is a miraculous healing that no doctor can explain. A powerful short film about faith, family, and the love of a God who still works miracles.
Every time I read the Prodigal Son story, I get misty-eyed. My heart is leaking. It’s so beautiful because this passage reveals the absolute, incomparable love of the Father, which transcends reason. It transcends mathematics. It transcends politics. It transcends everything in the world. We cannot calculate it. We cannot understand it, but we can receive it. In the gospels, if Jesus were speaking to a hundred…
In this video, we meet Laura Chavez from Los Angeles, who traveled to Chicago not just to see her son but to stand before the simple childhood home of Pope Leo XIV. What she found wasn’t extravagance or grandeur, but something far more powerful: a reminder that the Catholic Church is not perfect, but it is true. Laura shares her heartfelt reflections on faith, simplicity, and why Pope Leo XIV offers her such hope for unity in the Church. From humble roots to the Vatican, his story echoes a deeper call: live simply, love your neighbor, and return home to the faith. ✨ “This is the true church, not the perfect church… but we need our Catholics to come back home.”
Matthew’s first nine beatitudes said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” The world constantly tries to define us and tell us who we are. Our successes, belongings, talents, people in our lives, jobs, culture, and technology all make us who we are. We beclothed ourselves with these things and are tempted to find…
So I just heard a man tell his future wife something crazy. In our marriage prep session, he said to his future wife that she is the treasure of all treasures, and he’s not trying to be a pirate or anything. What he’s trying to say to her is that beyond my parents, beyond my friends, beyond every single beautiful girl in the universe, I choose you first. That is truly radical, and that’s what we see in the gospel today…
We cannot grow in freedom unless we grow in faith, Hope, and love — that’s the recipe for freedom. Faith, Hope, and love are the three theological virtues that connect us to God. As Christians, we believe in God, hope for everything from Him, and want to love Him with all our hearts and love our neighbors. This episode is the third part of…
Stop social climbing. That should be the tagline for this Sunday’s gospel. Jesus is saying that, trying to gain social status, trying to reach the highest seat, which we will never truly satisfy. Jesus is saying, Your identity is in me. When we forget about our identity in Jesus, that’s when we try to gain status. That’s when we try to find love in all of the wrong places. And so Jesus says, “Stop doing that and see me….
