The story of Christ walking on water and Peter almost having the faith to reach him ( Mt 14:22-33) was recently heard at mass, yet
An old proverb says silence is golden. Whoever came up with that proverb was on to something. Today, I went to a popular fast food
Many people today claim that St. Paul, not Martin Luther, was the first Protestant. Why? Because Paul was not one of the original twelve apostles
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not
The eternal recurrence In The Gay Science and other works, Nietzsche presents his idea of the eternal recurrence. The demon in Nietzsche’s work poses this
Letters To God While sorting through a bin of items from my childhood, I came across several pages of prayer journals. In different phases of
Being diagnosed with cancer is always a dreaded event. There are many fears: will it be terminal? How much suffering will be endured? What painful
When Jesus invites us to die to ourselves, He is not referring to some pious act of self-sacrifice which will make us look or feel
Pope St. John Paul II begins the encyclical Fides et Ratio with the admonition “Know Yourself”. Most apparently, we are material creatures and as such
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:3) Poor in spirit. It is amazing how easy it is
Given the times in which we live, calling anyone an extremist is not really a very good thing. When most people hear the term, their minds
Abraham Lincoln said that “A House divided against itself cannot stand”. Thomas Ewing Sherman was born into a House divided by religion on October 12,
These days, we often view our faith as something private, something that’s just between us and God. We go to Church on Sundays, we say
The first turning point came when our car initially broke down in Hawaii. I was 6,000 miles away in Delaware, caring for my 90 year-old-parents.
As stated in Part I, I will now show you how I saw the Resurrection as not just possible but probable, so probable that I
Once upon a time there lived three theological virtues named Faith, Hope and Love. Their house was modest, and just the right size for them
It is something that Catholics are told they must do and are urged to do frequently from the very beginning of their faith formation. Sadly,
The Prayer of Forgiveness The Act of Contrition is the prayer we, as Catholics, pray after we confess our sins during the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
One of my favorite Gospel stories is where Peter walks on water as it’s a beautiful meeting of the human and divine. In it, we
Many of you have undoubtedly had profound experiences with death so perhaps you will not only relate to my experiences with death but find my
One of the great loves of my life is biking. I truly enjoy being outdoors, feeling the wind in my hair, and pushing myself to
It’s been going on two years that I’ve been attempting to lead the responsorial psalm for Sunday Mass here at St. Anne’s. The individual who used
