Every year, more than three million pilgrims visit the small French town of Lourdes to pray for healing and grace. Lourdes is perhaps the most
I have written before that my spiritual life is owed to Mary. A few years ago, after a long period of lapsed faith, I felt
I have been thinking a lot about fatherhood lately. Having put in quite a few years as a dad with three beautiful children, you would
Is a prayer like this Okay? Hanoi Jane Excepted, Ora Pro Nobis My good friend, Captain Ronald Bliss (may he rest in peace now), on
priests It’s very common in our culture today for people to think that much of what we Catholics believe is behind the times and out
Does “Everything happen for a reason”? Things do happen for a reason, but what is the reason and who is the author of everything that
The subtle, evil coercion of lies I was told, and expected to believe as true, from the women’s movement over our reproductive rights came to
“This deadly cancer of anger… makes us unlike ourselves, makes us like timber wolves or furies from Hell, drives us forth headlong upon the points
Social media today is flooded with what some call ‘fake news’ stories. Whether it is a falsification about an archaeological discovery, an allegation of criminal
The historicity of God—God’s presence in history—should never be taken for granted, yet we do have a tendency to forget that God is active in
“Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled,” [Luke 1:45]. We all know the pleasure of
Thomas Aquinas’ Ways But on one particular day, she grabbed my full, locked-on attention. She was talking about St. Thomas Aquinas’ famous Five Logical Proofs
Some Protestant clergy have chosen unity over fragmentation. They have given up everything to become Catholic and lead congregations into the Catholic Faith. On February
A leap year baby, Francis L. Sampson was born on February 29, 1912, in Cherokee Iowa. A quarter of a century later he graduated from
We all have a moment in our lives when our innocence is lost, when we come to see that the world is sometimes a dangerous
I walked out of the church after Mass, through the small courtyard towards the parking lot. In that staggered line of people, I happened to
If you’ve found yourself in debt from credit cards, new vehicles, and student loans, chances are you’ve fallen into instant gratification debt. However, fear not. The
There is an autonomous response called “fight or flight” that affects us all at certain points throughout our lives during times of crisis. If we
My first novena to the Holy Spirit was in 1974. At that time, I was purely motivated to pray this novena by an infatuation I
Many today are getting lost amongst the busy consumer culture, bogged down with appearing successful and fitting in with those around them. This culture
The reader will recall that I had met a young woman at a parish event and she was asking me why I did not believe
I object to the profanation of sacred images and sacramentals in cinema. I have been writing about and meditating on the power of the Holy
We celebrate the birthday of the Church on Pentecost Sunday fifty days after Easter. The Holy Spirit came upon the apostles and transformed them from
One afternoon, at some sort of parish event, one of the young women from the parish asked me, “You believe in miracles, don’t you?” My
