One of the most important teachings in Christianity is simple to say but very hard to do: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus Christ taught
The moment I knelt in the confessional at the start of this past Lent, I knew it would be a breakthrough in my spiritual life.
Fasting has always been a part of the world God created. As St. Basil the Great tells us “It was the first commandment that Adam
Sometimes I feel like a cartoon character with an angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other. Which one will rule the day?
Many people possess a profusion of plans for “fixing” the Church, the government, the economy, and other folks. But rarely do we give priority to
As we begin the Easter season and mourn the passing of Pope Francis, a particular virtue repeatedly sprang into my mind: the virtue of humility.
On How the Physical Unites us to the Spiritual Christian artwork, whether Protestant or Catholic, becomes “a gateway” into Faith: take, for example, Ciseri’s Ecce
Recently, I read an article at Business Insider that was troubling. The article is about people justifying theft in the name of social justice. The
Rogation. Not a word many use; probably, even fewer know the word. The word comes from the Latin rogare, to ask. Before the reforms of
Perhaps the oldest greeting/response of the Church comes from the wondrous news of Easter. The greeting, in Greek, is Christós anésti (Χριστὸςἀνέστη) meaning ‘Christ is
I’m driving out to visit my parents next month, just in time for Mother’s Day. Spring is slow in coming, but I’ll be bringing fresh
The Feast of Divine Mercy is this Sunday. Are you ready for it? The Feast of Divine Mercy is associated with the written records and
Jesus is sentenced to death. Sentenced to end living in this life, the life that we are born into, and that we know and experience
Let not the book of this law depart from thy mouth: but thou shalt meditate on it day and night, that thou mayst observe and
The third petition of the sorrowful mysteries during the rosary is the crowning of thorns. Here, Jesus suffers the crowd’s taunting insults and expressions of
The Virgin Mary herself in the year 1214 A.D. gifted St. Dominic, and all of us, with the rosary. He and his fellow priests had
Many people have trouble with discouragement. It can lead to inaction, a loss of hope and eventually despair. They think things will never improve. A
A famous saying attributed to the Swiss Protestant theologian Karl Barth advises that every preacher should hold a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the
Aware that some are wrongly fearful of God’s justice, Pope St. John Paul II very much emphasized God’s mercy! It is always true that God
It’s possible even today to raise children to be saints. A case in point is Carlo Acutis. Later this month the Catholic Church will canonize
We are about halfway through our Lenten journey. How’s it going so far? Sometimes I just want to throw up my hands and call it
Voicing an opinion on the role of women in society today is almost guaranteed to cause an argument – or at least a sometimes slightly
I have been using a Bible Diary, one of the books that tell me the Mass readings for the past so many years. This Bible
As I write this, the previous week’s Sunday Gospel was Luke 9:28-36. To refresh your memory, it is the story of the transfiguration. Peter, John,
