Yesterday evening at bedtime for the little ones, I was preparing to brush my three year old’s teeth. He insisted repeatedly that he be able
Last month, I wrote a 7-part apologetic (or “defense”) of the Immaculate Conception. Since I basically spammed the homepage of Catholic Stand for a week,
Why do we fear coming to God? Why does turning to God come only once we have no where else to turn in our trials?
Remember when you saw a group gathered together on the school playground that surrounded a kid. You rushed over to them because it looked like
Another year has been given to us by God. For many of us, this could be our last. So while we can, let’s make some
If you asked a typical Catholic, “Are you stealing God’s job?”, they would laugh out loud at such a ridiculous question and emphatically deny it. I
In America, we are conditioned to vote with our dollars. The classical economic concept of Adam Smith‘s “invisible hand” is deeply engrained in American society,
We have all heard the expression “making lemonade out of lemons” as an illustration of positive thinking. Certainly, we need such thinking in this world
It seems that people are less likely to recognize sin these days. So given that committing a sin requires a person to know it is
Merry Christmas to all! I do hope you are continuing to celebrate the entire season of Christmas. The traditional twelve days of Christmas climaxes with
As the year ends, I always recall my confirmation saint, Saint Thomas Becket, the holy, blessed martyr, whose feast day falls on December 29. His story
It is like it happened yesterday, even though 4 long years have passed since that fateful December day. If I allow myself, I can see
This may be the worst Advent I’ve ever had. Just after the First Sunday of Advent, my six-month pregnant wife and I were informed that
In contrast to science, which depends for its advancement upon the gradual temporal development of the technology of instrumentation, philosophy depends upon common human experience
“Do not say ‘It is the Lord’s doing that I fell away’, for he does not do what he hates. Do not say ‘It
Not even ten minutes pass after Mass, and you find yourself sitting in the parish hall breaking up an argument between the kids who are
In Part 6, I took a closer look at Paul’s statement that “all have sinned” (Romans 3:23) and “none are righteous” (Romans 3:10). With this
Christmas shopping, menu planning, cookie exchanges, gift swaps, new TVs, new cars, new clothes … bells, carols, gold and glitter … snowflakes, tinsel and trees
In Part 5 of this series on the Immaculate Conception, I responded to the claim that Stephen the martyr and even all Christians are just
A while ago, I asked a woman what I could pray about for her, and her response was pretty memorable. She asked me to pray
In Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4, we examined the scriptural evidence for the Immaculate Conception and the sinlessness of Mary. With Parts 5, 6,
Salvation is like a perfect marriage. Ask yourself: “Is a perfect marriage a fifty-fifty proposition?” I would say the answer is positively not. Why should
