“Woman has a genius all her own, which is vitally essential to both society and the Church” (Pope John Paul II, Angelus Message of July
In 2022, what if you … … secretly put some flowers by a nearby neighbor’s door? … used a public restroom and left it cleaner
If you do not live what you believe, you will end up believing what you live. (Ven. Fulton J. Sheen) Happy New Year! No, I’m
I do not know if we will survive, but I wish that someday we will be able to call things by their proper names, as
Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge. (Matthew 10:29) It
[Jesus’] disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” (John 9:2) A just law is a man-made
For [Pilate] knew that it was out of envy that they had handed [Jesus] over (Matt 27:18). Juneteenth, and the Emancipation Proclamation which it celebrates,
Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath
Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it. (Attributed to Abraham Lincoln) They watched him closely and sent agents pretending to
In Thomas Cahill’s 1996 book How the Irish Saved Civilization, the author presented a compelling depiction of Irish monks who saved many of the great
My uncle was on the battleship USS Tennessee in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on December 7, 1941. My mother and aunt rushed home
The coolest Catholic I know is retired Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput (who should have been named a cardinal, in my honest opinion), and not just
The most common reasons women have an abortion, it has been shown overwhelmingly, are: 1) They feel they cannot afford a baby, and 2) They
A recent commentary appeared in the Wall Street Journal in which an 8th-grader asked why her prestigious public school could not open, yet the Catholic
Again Pilate questioned Him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they accuse you of.” Jesus gave no further answer, so that Pilate was
Satan’s work is rarely obvious. We like to think that we will spot his devilish efforts, much like the cartoons where the angel whispers in
These days I am washing dishes by hand, one by one, more carefully and thoughtfully, before putting them in the dishwasher. It’s not just because
In the era B.C. (before children), I worked as an attorney representing children who were possibly abused by a parent. As guardian ad litem, I
When I turned 64 this year, it came as no surprise that I would receive several texts of the Beatles iconic numeric song from my
What is the relationship of grammar to the truth? People hate the truth for the sake of whatever it is they love in place of
Approximately 327 million human beings are living in the U.S. and, glory to God, not one of those people is like the other. Certainly, they
The Holy Spirit comes where He is loved, where He is invited, where He is expected. (St. Bonaventure) One of the joys of being Catholic
