How can imperfect contrition lead to perfect contrition? To make a “good confession” and to receive absolution for sin, a sinner must be, according to
If you go to the website Brainy Quotes and do a search on “pride” you are apt to find more quotes lauding pride than those
O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you. My flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land
This is the second part of a series on The Power of the Mass. Part one is available here. I have been inspired to make
As a Catholic, I am often challenged about our use and reverence for the crucifix. The most common charge has been that the crucifix
What Does the Father Desire? Have you ever stopped to think about that? I spend so much time telling the Father what I desire that
My 8-year-old grandson and a stranger both gave me a special gift one recent Sunday. And there I was thinking I was doing something good
Pride is something most of us understand to a certain extent. Or, at the very least, we think we know what it looks like when
“Today it is the Old Testament who suffers for the New one.” Sœur Mirjam Else Michaelis (1899 – 1942, Auschwitz) Can you imagine what might become
When we feel cut off from God, battling a losing war with ingrained sin, the only viable solution to our dilemma is to call out
One of my favorite movies, if not my favorite of all time, is Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line. I watched this movie in my
I’m Okay. I’m Not So Sure About You or the Others… “But I’m a good person. I try to live the right way and not
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack. (Psalm 23:1) What could a shepherd possibly provide me that would leave me lacking of
There’s something wonderfully uplifting about being with hundreds of Catholic men to put aside our egos and bring our man-made messes before the Father as
My wife and I wanted to share New Year’s Eve with our eldest daughter. She lives in New Hampshire and we live in East Tennessee,
Celebrate Ordinary Time? Why celebrate anything that seems to just fill in the space between Christmas and Easter? The Sacrament of the Moment With all
I asked for it. I really did. I knew that I would never find peace until I got down on my knees and begged for
The vocation of love unites pro-life people to build a “civilization of truth and love.” Saint John Paul II urged the world to the ‘Gospel
“And he said to him, “Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by. And there was a
Recently, I sat down to watch Bee Movie with my 2-year-old. At first, I thought it would be just another movie about environmentalism and humans
This is the story of my ascent out of brokenness and into the arms of mercy. Through suffering, God tore down the walls of what
Amoris Laetitia. Regrettably, both Catholic and secular media seem to be dancing to a cadence of increasing hysteria. These bold-print emotional barrages are spreading undue
Wisdom from a Great Saint St. Teresa of Calcutta was canonized on September 4, 2016, in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis. She
I had a love-hate relationship with my mother’s tweezers and sewing needles growing up. I always ran to my mom when I so often would
