I have read accounts of Catholics in the past who gathered for Mass in secret, in the dead of night, like vagrants huddled around a trashcan fire to warm their hand and pass a pint of gin. The stories about clandestine Masses include priests who break unjust laws and put their lives at risk to offer the Holy Mass: England in the time of St. Thomas ...

The following is an adapted excerpt from Leaving Boyhood Behind by Jason Craig. Jesus went through the stages of a rite of passage, as the Gospel of Luke – the Gospel that gives the most details of Jesus' childhood – describes. The story of the boy Jesus in the Temple in particular shows that Jesus had to transition away from boyhood into the ...