Sometimes it seems we often forget about one simple part of our faith. This part is simple yet deep, life-changing in fact. I am referring
[Jesus said:] “Going out about five o’clock, [the landowner] found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’
Personal development, or self-help, is a growing area of interest in our society. For proof just browse through your local bookstore for books on mental
It’s easy to forget the things we take for granted as Christians. I vaguely remember a time before the life of faith when I would
In Matthew, Chapter 5, Jesus gives a very clear example of what it means to be the light of the world: You have heard that
Are you a pollinator for God? Do you pollinate the world around you with justice, love, and peace? A Gardener I am an avid gardener.
Off the Shelf 191 – Joe Heschmeyer This week Joe Heschmeyer returns to discuss his book Pope Peter – Defending the Church’s Most Distinctive Doctrine
Abraham Lincoln said, “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own
I remember once in high school I wanted to make the basketball team. I was not that good, and I was told to go running
Humanae Vitae (HV) is a dynamic, challenging and life-transforming encyclical written by Pope Paul VI and promulgated on July 24, 1968. It coherently follows the
Off the Shelf 190 – Karen Salstrom More and more families are making the tough decision to abandon the public school system and instead choosing
For me, it was a long journey from addiction into the Heart of God. A combination of hard physical work and the direct intervention of
My dear friends, beware of despair! The worries and anxieties that come into our lives can certainly knock us off balance and shake us to
Since the fall of man, we deal daily with the conflict between virtue and vice. Virtues are those characteristics or behaviors that move the soul
Retirees do not have much chance of being read. Publishers do not care much for hacks who have turned 70. No matter what genre. The
To paraphrase our Lord, “do not be afraid of what can kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one
In a hurting world, which desperately needs to encounter God’s love and mercy, it can be overwhelming to think of what we can possibly do
The Book of Revelation is the most misunderstood book of the Bible. After two thousand years and perhaps hundreds of conflicting interpretations, there is still
Off the Shelf 189 – Joe Heschmeyer It’s almost a given that at some point during our lives we will question “Who am I?” What
My spiritual director asked me, “What is one word that you want to be to the Church?” I responded, without hesitation, “JOY!” He smiled and
For most Catholics, fasting is a foreign concept. The closest most of us get to practicing it is during the Lenten season. We give up chocolate or
When I opened the letter from my diocese I could not believe my eyes. I had not been accepted into their diaconate formation program. I
When the Bishop slipped and broke his nose, he cancelled his pilgrimage to Lourdes and decided to grace our school with his presence for ‘speech
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall
