Today, my husband and I celebrate the tenth anniversary of our joint reception into the Catholic Church. We were confirmed at the Basilica of St.
Christ died on the cross to save us, to buy us back, to pay our debt of sin. I think all Christians believe that. Christ
Secularists and believers alike seem confused by the recent words of Pope Francis when he affirmed that all people, even atheists, are redeemed: \”The Lord
A Protestant Face Book friend – addressing her mostly Protestant friends – posted this “status”: Just wondering, when worshipping in a corporate setting, where is
“I’d like another baby, but it worries me to bring a child into a world like this,” I once heard a woman say. That was
The soft-spoken nature of Pope Francis amplifies the impact of the words he does speak. He points out that “lukewarm Catholics” build their own church
In the series HOW TO FIND FAITH AT THE MOVIES, we have been taking a hero’s journey in search of faith through watching movies. As seen in
Why should I bother to pray? If you’re like me, you’ve probably asked yourself this question at least once in your life. Whether it’s motivated
Hell froze over when I chopped off my hair for the official mom’s haircut. (My husband’s smile froze, too.) Then pigs started flying when I
As I searched online for resources and initiatives dedicated to development in Africa , it dawned on me that in this difficult and dry global economic
Next to deception, despair is perhaps Satan’s greatest tool. Could there be a more universal way to sow genuine despair than the horror of genocide?
Some stories are better left untold. I am about to say was filed under that category for the past sixteen months. But I have come
Books on spirituality and \”self help\” line the shelves of bookstores, stories on the same topics call at people from the magazine racks. The millions
Did you know that there is a religious Order of Sisters in the United States who have a rich Mercedarian and Eucharistic charism? Located in
This is not the first time I have written about this topic. In the past I have raised several questions about the legitimacy of removing
Invariably, before reading the various news sites in the morning, I first scan the Drudge Report. Generally, the headlines are not toasty fuzzy to say the least. Yesterday,
A WordPress Daily Prompt asked writers if we could only take five objects from a burning house, what would be the most difficult things for
I was complaining to my husband the other day that there aren’t any prominent married saints – at least none who actually lived the sacrament
It was about a month ago when a mainstream liberal news publication here in the Philippines published a statistic study that claims that one out
Early on in my encounters with Stacy Trasancos, through her blog called Accepting Abundance, I often found myself troubled by some of the arguments being hurled
On a recent Sunday afternoon I attempted to take a good, old-fashioned nap with my two-month-old daughter Alice. Unfortunately, two of my other supposed-to-be-napping children were
A few years ago, I was part of a group that taught a \”Back to Basics\” class in our parish. The goal was to educate
