Faith & Spirituality – Page 186

Frustrations in Prayer

Michael Lane August 21, AD2014 48 Comments

Fr. Ronald Knox, an English Catholic of the early 20th century and convert, gave retreats and talks to lay people to help them deepen and

You Can Be With Him In Paradise

Guy McClung August 20, AD2014 6 Comments

Jesus said, “Not everyone who says Lord, Lord will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of my Father” (Mt 7:21);

Did Jesus Really Die and Rise?

Leila Miller August 19, AD2014 164 Comments

Christian belief boils down to one thing: The literal, bodily resurrection of a man named Jesus, who lived in first century Palestine. If Jesus of

Vietnam: A Franciscan Friar Tackles the Improbable – Part II

H. L. Duncan August 19, AD2014 3 Comments

In yesterday’s column (Part I), I told you about a Franciscan Friar, Brother Anthony Pham Dinh Tuyen OFM Conv, beginnings and escape from Vietnam as a young

Vietnam: A Franciscan Friar Tackles the Improbable – Part I

H. L. Duncan August 18, AD2014 6 Comments

Imagine finding yourself in a hostile land. It has a history of being violently hostile to everything Christian – person and property. What do you do

We, The Church Militant

Ray Sullivan August 16, AD2014 205 Comments

Well, here we are in the 21st century Catholic Church. We have survived all of the liturgical innovations brought to us by the “spirit of

Uniting With Christ Through Our Senses

Melanie Jean Juneau August 15, AD2014 16 Comments

How do we perceive the Divine and communicate with God as beings who possess both physical and spiritual senses? Some ascetics might try to starve

Praying for the Media

Chelsea Houghton August 15, AD2014 6 Comments

This last Sunday was celebrated as “Media Prayer Day” here in New Zealand. It was an initiative of a group of Christian Churches of various

Not the Ultimate Sacrifice, But Sacrifice None the Less

Greg Yoko August 14, AD2014 2 Comments

Sacrifices can create various levels of personal inconvenience or pain. Typically, this pain (which can probably be more accurately described as a discomfort or dislike)

God’s Quiet Whisper

Matthew Tyson August 14, AD2014 10 Comments

The Old Testament reading from this past Sunday comes from one of my favorite passages in the Bible. At the mountain of God, Horeb, Elijah

Planned Parenthood’s 2014 Fails

Patti Maguire Armstrong August 13, AD2014 4 Comments

The year is only a little more than half over, but already it is turning out to be a very bad year for Planned Parenthood,

Funding Your Startup Business

Christina Weber August 13, AD2014 2 Comments

It’s not uncommon for women to be swept away with the freedom and flexibility the mompreneur lifestyle offers. However, they overlook the financial realities of being

Renewal and a New Set of Tires to Boot

Lisa Shefferly-Gillay August 12, AD2014 2 Comments

My car needed a new set of four tires … badly! I bought a used car that was in pretty good shape and knew it

Abortion’s Message: Be Like a Man, with a Helping of Hypocrisy

Gabriel Garnica August 11, AD2014 9 Comments

It is nauseating to hear the pathetic mantra that opposing abortion is opposing women and, in fact, that being pro-life is somehow waging a war

The Crippling Consequences of Fear

Abigail C. R. Gripshover August 8, AD2014 3 Comments

The Desire and the Fear It is so easy to want to start doing better. You read an inspiring article, come across a motivational image,

What Is God Calling You To Study?

Todd Nolan August 7, AD2014 5 Comments

Pretty soon, many students will make the return to college to continue their four year academic odyssey. This group will also include recent high school

To Lose Sight of the Shore

Michelle Fritz August 6, AD2014 12 Comments

I sat quietly in a small room at the hospital waiting to pick up x-rays to take to my doctor. I had discovered a lump

A Lesson of Beauty in the Wake of Death

Tammy Ruiz Ziegler, RN CPLC August 6, AD2014 4 Comments

Our little city has been reeling. In a very short time, there were two deaths so compelling that they each independently made international news: here and

God’s Gift to Man–The Transforming Power of Music

Bob Kurland August 5, AD2014 10 Comments

“Music has power to soothe the savage breast.” William Congreve, The Mourning Bride “This so-called ‘music,’ they would have to concede, is in some way