
Waiting in the Darkness: Seeking the Real Meaning of Christmas
Everywhere I go these days, it’s cold. The official beginning of winter is less than three weeks away, and here in the Midwest the temperatures

Everywhere I go these days, it’s cold. The official beginning of winter is less than three weeks away, and here in the Midwest the temperatures

“If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. If you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.”

Advent Is a Time of Waiting But How Do We Wait? Do we wait with joyful expectation or has life’s disappointments left us jaded

The days immediately after Thanksgiving have traditionally marked the start of the Christmas shopping season since at least the 1930s, but the name “Black Friday”

There are constant reports about how attendance at Mass continues to fall, and how this is mainly due to the disinterest of men. In one

During the research for my book Pope Leo XIII and the Prayer to St. Michael, I came across some intriguing research on the movement known

“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens,

A figure with a torch walks into a giant, dark room. As she draws closer to the objects surrounding her, she sees that they are

Catholic priests are heroes to me. After the sacrifice and moral fiber of my own father in this earthly life, the spiritual fathers God has

“What do you say?” Every parent has probably said that phrase at least a hundred times to their child, a reminder for the child to

I believe we often have definitive rationales for what we acknowledge as true and for what we do, even though we may have difficulty expressing

“He’s dead because of me. And I’m trying to… been trying to get me head around it, but I can’t. I will have always have killed

Adversity has taken on a different form today in our culture than in times past. A lot in the way of adversity is hurled at the

Infant burials are a reality that we need to not only address, but accommodate in respecting our Faith Tradition. The photograph you see here is

Our first essay contest was quite exciting. We received an impressive number of entries, making it quite challenging to narrow them down to just one.

Today we are continuing the series we began last month on the mysteries of the Holy Rosary. This month, we are looking at the so-called

One doesn’t have to travel far to find a divergent opinion on the so called “Syrian refugee crisis”. The world is struggling to come up with

After the Paris attacks and subsequent uncovered threats and deterred attacks throughout the rest of Europe, it is no wonder that people are filled with

I tend to look at first articles in a new home as a chance to introduce yourself. In that spirit, and since I’m the new

In the apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima, there are 2 striking aspects. These aspects are the miracle of the sun and the famous

Sometimes, God makes His Presence known in obvious, can’t-miss-it ways: a colorful sky, a baby’s giggle, a beautiful song, a spectacular range of snow-capped mountains,

“Be not afraid, just have faith.” – Jesus (Mark 5:36) At the beginning of his papacy the late John Paul II said these words: Be