When confronted with the Ten Commandments, many children will describe them as simply a set of rules, a  list of what not to do. The

  We have all read the story of Saul’s conversion from murderous enemy of Christ’s people to legendary evangelist for God. While Paul did not

We all know the beauty and power of the Holy Rosary, and yet sometimes, even often, we do not think about how truly transcendent this

We always hear about the need to take up one’s cross and follow Christ and, if we call ourselves followers of Christ, well we should.

I once overheard two men arguing about whether chess or backgammon was the better game. I found their discussion interesting because I enjoy both of

You may recall in Scripture, how the people, impatient that Moses had not returned from the Mount where he was receiving The Ten Commandments, did

One of my favorite saints is not as famous as most others. In fact, relatively few people have heard of him and, seemingly, even less

I do not play golf, but an old friend of mine does and, one time, when I asked him what his score was, he asked

As many of us know, this year has been declared a Jubilee Holy Year of Mercy by Pope Francis, which should remind all of us

The days immediately after Thanksgiving have traditionally marked the start of the Christmas shopping season since at least the 1930s, but the name “Black Friday”

How many of us have, at one time or another, looked in the mirror and seen a potential saint? I would venture to say that

I continue to be amazed by how this secular society tries to twist Divine Mercy into blinking, happy-go-lucky acceptance of every behavior one can imagine.

I hope that you will be relieved, not dismayed, that this piece has nothing to do with Fifty Shades of Grey since, if we are

We have all heard the expression “making lemonade out of lemons” as an illustration of positive thinking.  Certainly, we need such thinking in this world

Unity…wouldn’t you like a penny for each time you have heard this word praised as some Shangri-la of human goals? I think that I will

It is nauseating to hear the pathetic mantra that opposing abortion is opposing women and, in fact, that being pro-life is somehow waging a war

Christ warned us that following Him is heavy lifting, but that the ultimate prize of eternal salvation is worth the effort. Apparently, fewer and fewer