Leo Tolstoy said that although Christian intellectuals rise to great heights in almost every branch of secular achievement, there is almost always a serious discrepancy
With Christmas only a month away, I think we need to start making preparations for this special day. How do we make preparations? We could
It gets dark so early now. Here in New England, the sun is setting well before dinnertime. I wake in the morning to a dark,
I was recently able to reconnect with a friend of mine and was pleasantly surprised to find that he had grown a great deal in
Divine Mercy, the Key to Jesus’ Heart The Divine Mercy of Jesus Christ is infinitely greater than all of the sins ever committed by mankind.
In Part 1, we learned that while Americans report wanting larger families, societal and economic factors prevent them from achieving their ideal family size. Catholics
A recent poll from Gallup found that “Americans’ belief that the ideal family size includes three or more children has been rising steadily in recent
The first Sunday of Advent this year (and of the new liturgical year) is December 3. It’s not a bad idea to start getting ready
I’m sure most of us have heard of the people known as French Creoles. The Creoles are simply descendants of the settlers of Louisiana who were primarily
As I write, a war is raging in Israel. I was expecting the war because I think the human race is fast approaching the end
This article discusses how God moves us to choose Him without diminishing our free will but, rather, perfecting it. How many times have you heard,
I have always been a big fan of Johnny Cash, and I was listening to some of his music the other day. His song/poem “Ragged
A Letter to a young mother of four who asked my opinion on the Essence of Mystical Theology. I am sorry I should have clarified
Here I stand in the forest of perfection. A perfection of peace, calm and sanctity. This perfection is not wholly within me, for I am
At 2:00 a.m. this coming Sunday, November 5, Daylight Saving Time ends, and so we are to turn back our clocks one hour to 1:00
Perhaps you’ve heard the saying “Jesus came to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” Christian authors and speakers often use this saying to encapsulate
Atheists, neo-pagans, and other non-Christians are always trying to say certain Catholic Holy Days have their origins in pagan celebrations. Halloween and All Saints Day
It has been nine years since I entered the Monastery of the Poor Clare Colettine nuns. I was just out of high school when I
In Story of a Soul, Thérèse of Lisieux exclaimed: “O Jesus, my Love, my vocation, at last I have found it. My vocation is Love!”
When I was first married, my wife collected books for young girls published during World War II. My wife had some of these as a
I always enjoy coming back to the parish after time away. Whether it’s for a weekend retreat, a month of break, or six weeks in
From Russia to Israel I was born just before the Second World War in Soviet Ukraine, in Kiev, the only child of a Jewish family.
