Don’t let this title mislead you. The idea of slowing down for Lent brings to mind a resolve to minimize unnecessary busyness and allow time
In the United States, the last Monday in May is Memorial Day. It is a day for remembering. For some, Memorial Day means the Indy
“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal
As each new year begins, old resolutions are dusted off, repackaged, and often given a “booster shot” at the start of Lent. The goodies given
Many people out there just don’t “get” the Catholic Church. Some think that it is some kind of a Babylonian “mystery” religion, “worshiping the fish
Over the last several weeks at Sunday Mass, the second reading came from Hebrews. The latter chapters of what has traditionally been referred to as
Strange title, you say? Well, yes it is! But each and every Catholic Mass offers this life-saving gift to those who receive the Eucharist in the
The Church gives us the season of Lent to prepare our hearts for the day that changed the course of history: Easter Sunday. Of course
Did you know that St. Joseph is a uniquely good intercessor when NFP is hard? In the second portion of his book, Consecration to St.
When the Columbine massacre occurred on April, 20th, 1999, I had only been Catholic for a few months. I was still getting tuned in to
Few Bible passages cause people to cringe the way St. Paul’s instructions to husbands and wives do. In our current culture, gender equality receives a
“I give up! I’m done! I’m through!” Giving up, in the context of these statements, usually means letting go of something for good. After trying
Around Valentine’s Day, when we think about human love, it may also be a good tine to think about two aspects of God’s love: Forever
“Well, if it’s a symbol, to hell with it.” This was Flannery O’Connor’s flustered response to the claim that the Eucharist is only symbolic. She
It would seem that Jesus calls us to give away all our possessions. So therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down upon the ground. (Luke 22:44)
We have all been told to look on the bright side at some point in our lives. Or maybe you were told to view the
These days, if you want to record a program on TV, you can simply press a button to make it happen. Not so in the
We find priests in the Old Testament and in the Catholic Church. Do we find priests in the New Testament? One of the main differences
A few months ago I was following a discussion on social media about how people of faith would respond if faced with martyrdom. It generated
Love does no evil to the neighbor; hence, love is the fulfillment of the law. (Romans 13:10) When I say the word “love”, what comes to
Catholics rarely say that they are going to church. Typically they say that they are going to Mass. They do go to church because that