“Be not afraid of faith: some are born with faith, some achieve faith, and some have faith thrust upon them.” (with apologies to William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.)
Reading John Darrouzet\’s recent article \”Do You See Miracles? Our Ruby Story\” inspired this post as it motivated me to share one of my miraculous
Maybe you’ve seen videos of wedding couples celebrating their vows by bungee cording off high bridges together. I suppose the imagery suggests that getting married
The “Year of Faith” will end on November 24. But Pope Emeritus Benedict’s objective must go on: to “rediscover the content of the faith that
My brother and I could be rambunctious children. There were times our rowdiness more than made up for the fact there was only two of
When it comes to how you feel, things are relative. Are you having a good day? Well, you can probably list a bunch of things
The world today is facing a moral collapse which is rooted in the loss of faith in God and His moral framework for the world.
Stacy Trasancos entitles one of her recent posts \”Do you See Miracles?\” An excellent read. It prompts my response. To answer Stacy\’s question \”Do you
Did you grow closer to God? Start a new prayer regimen? Become more familiar with the Catechism? Peruse the life of a favorite saint or
When Fr. Ray Leonard arrived to say Sunday Mass at the base chapel on Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base he got an unwelcome surprise: the
Some of you may have heard of the Pareto Principle, also known as the 80-20 rule, which states that, for many events, 80% of the
Last year I re-read the popular novel Into the Wild for one of my graduate classes. The book confronts adventure, solitude and the search for
Pope Francis makes me uncomfortable. There…I said it! Somehow I think that I\’m not the only one who feels this way. Every time the Holy
Use every man after his desert, and who should ’scape whipping? Shakespeare, Hamlet, II:ii On July 16, 2011, during the funeral rites of Dr. Otto
It’s ironic. The same day President Obama was in New York lecturing the United Nations on human rights and moral imperatives, a religious congregation of
With a second mega-interview with Pope Francis now appearing in La Repubblica and with a wide-ranging interview published September 19, our Holy Father Pope Francis has
Tantum ergo Sacramentum Down in adoration falling veneremur cernui;
One of the problems an ordinary human person faces while trying to accept God\’s providence is the way God gives; God gives us what we
In a few short weeks my wife Miriam and I will be welcoming our first born, Isabella. The approaching of this holy and awesome life-changing
In Exodus 2, the Bible points out that Moses’ parents were Levites. The tribe of Levi would be chosen to perform holy service and they would be set apart by
On December 8,1992, an article appeared in the science section of the New York Times under the headline \”A Rising Cost of Modernity: Depression.\” The
In our rush-to-be-fed-and-entertained modern life (so we will feel pleasure as we bloat) how often are you going to read a story or be shown
