Towards the end of John’s Gospel, after the soldier pierces Jesus’ side and blood and water flow out (John 19:34), we find something very strange.
I heard a few complaints when it was decided to have a ‘Year of Mercy’. How could anyone complain about a year dedicated to asking
Our neighbor is a remarkably ordinary looking man. As far as I can tell, he wears the same outfit every morning to walk his dog.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every
St. Padre Pio is the patron saint of civil defense volunteers, adolescents, January blues, stress relief, and Pietrelcina, Italy. When it comes to biographizing saints,
Is the Passion of our Church Actually Beginning? On September 13, 2018, Cardinal DiNardo shared these words after meeting with Pope Francis: “We shared with
Immediately after the conquest of the Holy Land tens of thousands of pilgrims from the West poured into the land where their Saviour had lived,
As one looks across the Catholic landscape right now, one would think that we were in Lent. The Church is reeling right now from the
These days, it’s difficult to be Catholic. And now more than ever it’s hard to evangelize the Faith. I don’t think anyone will argue this.
Jesus said unto him, “Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed. Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed. —John
When we pray the Lord’s Prayer, do we realize that it is the most perfect prayer? After all, this prayer was given to us by
Lord, where are You? Darkness, confusion, and chaos are swirling within our Church. There seems to be only division, antagonism, and wounds. People seem to
For twenty years of my life – from age seventeen to thirty-seven – I struggled with an addiction to nicotine. It was an on-again, off-again
“But there are some of you who do not believe.” Jesus knew from the beginning the ones who would not believe and the one who
Last month we moved to a much smaller home. In preparing for this move I felt a deep need to pare down and simplify, even
Because of a career in exercise science and physical fitness, I like to make analogies from the physical domain to faith, of which there can
Do we have a healthy fear of the Lord? The very idea of “fearing” God often causes confusion because people think of fear in relation
Rest on “the Lord’s Day” has always been important for God’s people. It was first enjoined on the Israelites in the Third Commandment: “Remember the
There’s a certain gratification that comes with knowing we have done all we can do when attempting to accomplish something. This is a large part
As Catholics, we are called to build an open door to our church, a door that both invites others to enter into our fellowship
In the wake of the Pennsylvania Sexual Abuse report and the former Cardinal McCarrick’s dark revelation, I have received a multitude of emails, social media
The Divine Mercy of Jesus is for sinners, and the more of a sinner you are, the more you have a right to it. This
Leonid Sirota, a professor of law at Auckland University, reacted on his blog Double Aspect to a Québec legal case in which some arguments revolved
Tim Clemente has been a police officer and an FBI agent, and now he’s a Hollywood writer. But first and foremost, he has always been
