My daughter gave me a CD for Christmas called Alma Mater: Featuring the Voice of Pope Benedict XVI. The first time I played it, I ended
In today’s ideologically charged and politically polarized society terms like GOP Catholics, conservative Catholics, Catholic Democrats, and liberal Catholics are getting thrown around way too
In 1964 a young man named Jean Vanier visited an asylum for the disabled at the invitation of a priest friend, who was a chaplain
This Lent we have already read some harsh condemnation of the Pharisees in the gospel. One of the more recent ones was Matthew 23:1-12. This
Just over a year ago I was still living a life of hedonism, iniquity and the nihilistic, numbing pursuit of pleasure. But I was saved
As the world gets darker and becomes more evil with its headlong embrace of abortion, pornography, homosexuality, adultery, atheism, worldliness, euthanasia, divorce and remarriage, lack
The Parable of the Lost Sheep What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in
Having finished our lunch that day, one of my non-Catholic coworkers and I decided to take a walk around the building for a few minutes, just
There is a strand in American Christianity that is often called “me and Jesus” Christianity. To have Jesus, you don’t need the Church. You’ll most
Currency, by definition, is a “medium of exchange” between two parties. It provides a common mechanism by which things are traded. At my local Starbucks,
Churches around the United States are disappearing. Parishes consolidating, dwindling numbers of cradle Catholics that no longer attend Church, mixed signals from the leadership of the
Somewhere after years of dependent living, and practicing discipleship under the auspices of parental figures, the entrance into the realm of independent living occurs. While
Don’t you just love the warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you perform a good work for someone else? We truly are blessed to be
You missed the start of Lent and now you are wondering if it’s too late to start. You might be thinking, “What’s the point?” Maybe
The witnesses of the Cross and Resurrection of Christ have handed on to the Church and to mankind a specific Gospel of suffering. The
My Lent so far has consisted of an unrelenting depression that has been getting worse for months. My mounting anxieties and a sense of hopelessness
The Season of Lent can be seen through many different lenses, all correct and important. This diversity makes lent a truly rich season for any Christian
“And God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light” (Genesis 1:3). The Lord said many things throughout Scripture. His words are powerful. We
In the Gospel according to Mark, Christ talks about the sower of seeds. As he sowed, some seeds fell on a path, other seeds fell
“The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner
Living in this fallen world we all desire, deep in our hearts, to help, to heal, to restore what has been lost since leaving Eden.
Tommy Tighe is a licensed marriage and family therapist who has worked in community mental health since 2006. He earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology
