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Every Aug. 15, Catholics around the world celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary. What is the Assumption? Where does it come from? What is its importance? 

In this Sunday’s gospel of the Parable of the Sower we hear Jesus announce, “But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.” Click the title to read more.

We’ve heard the phrase “unprecedented times” too many times to count and it can make us long for “precedented” times. With the arrival of Ordinary time this week, we can feel as though, at least liturgically, we’ve made it back to normal. However, with God, there is only the “unprecedented.”

The prayer of many people’s hearts during this pandemic is probably similar to the disciples when they were hit by a storm at sea: “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:38). As the days drag on we may feel hopeless, trying to make sense of why this is happening to us.