Catholics, unlike many mainline Protestants, have always believed in the possibility of miracles, and we actively pray for them at every Mass and during each
Before I explain my thoughts on why prayer should not be used as a punishment for children, first I need to explain what I specifically
Just as Christ, the Lamb of God, was both the victim assuming the sin of all humanity, as well as the priest offering the sacrifice
Our parents and catechists taught us as small children that God created us to know, love, and serve Him with the end goal of being
Venerable Fulton Sheen in Those Mysterious Priests speaks about the “great divorce of priest and victim.” We Catholics have so long been exposed to this
Whom and How Should We Preach This? In Part 1, we established a picture of who we preach. In this section, we want to anticipate
The mortality rate has been holding steady at 100% since the dawn of human history. And yet most of us walk around assuming that an
Faith education by attending Mass in this trying period of being quarantined due to the covid-19 pandemic can be very challenging. For us parents, as
Here in Portugal, it is common to say to a pregnant woman, “As long as the baby is healthy… that is most important.” What if
This evening, on Holy Thursday, the Easter Triduum begins. The Easter Triduum is three days celebrated as one continuous unfolding of the Paschal Mystery. It
I have been called many things in my life: a good soldier, a solid worker, a model employee, and even a good husband. Those things
The Patrick Coffin Show podcast features weekly interviews with A-list influencers and outliers in the effort to recover the Judeo-Christian roots of the culture. Patrick
My wife likes to tell the story of the old spinster woman who died and went to heaven to the kids in the eighth grade
If you’re looking for new spiritual reading this Lent, I highly recommend Bathe Seven Times, a contemplative look at the seven capital sins, written by
One of the most common objections to the Catholic faith concerns the papacy. Critics say that the papacy is nowhere to be found in history
When you were a child did you ever receive a sharp pinch on the inside of your arm from one of your parents during mass?
It’s Valentine’s Day again. It’s hard to believe now that this annual celebration of romance and érōs ever had any connection with Christianity, let alone
If you want to more fully encounter Christ in your daily life, you might consider signing up for a new, free, online course. “Encountering Christ”
More than twenty years ago I encouraged my Irish mother-in-law to find a Bible Study group and to “get into the Word.” Because we lived
Like a lot of people, I would like to lose weight, but I never found diet and exercise programs to be the easiest undertakings in
Imagine a young Catholic teenager taking a religious history class in a non-Catholic Christian high school. At some point during class discussion the topic of
Who’s going to save our Church? It’s not our bishops, it’s not our priests and it is not the religious. It is up to you,
