Anxiety continues to imprison many, even with the reopening of much of our country. I recently ran across an acquaintance from my parish in a
I am an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion (EMHC). I bring Holy Communion (Christ truly present in the consecrated Host) to Catholics who are homebound,
America, the wealthiest nation on earth, contains what I call a triangle of despair. Mental Illness, incarceration, and poor quality of life creating a vicious
We know that the season of Lent is a time of penance (prayer, fasting, and almsgiving). Truly, these exercises in faith provide much good for
Jesus tells us repeatedly that we are to live a life of grace, a life of healing, and a life of abundance. Jesus wants to heal
Will Catholics resume going to again Mass once states lift all the COVID-19 restrictions? Or will the restrictions result in yet another decline in Mass
In addition to its early Gothic architecture and stunning simplicity, my residence in Fossanova Abbey also boasts the chapel where Saint Thomas Aquinas died. While
Everybody gets the blues. But some people really get the blues in the form of depression. For many people depression involves brain chemistry, which means
As 2021 begins, much of the planet is looking for hopeful signs of better things to come in the new year while at the same
The month of January takes its name from Janus, the two-faced god of beginnings, gates, and doorways. With one face looking ahead and the other
A young man was diagnosed as schizophrenic at the age of 14. He shortly thereafter developed an addiction to heroin. He had been in and
What does it mean to “weep with those who weep?” Recently, I took a tumble. More than a tumble, really. I was entering my apartment
For someone who has never struggled with addiction, it’s hard to understand the depths of shame that accompany it. When it has found a home
I once read that the average person looks at his or her phone roughly 100 times a day. This would be an average between an
“Offer it up.” Feeling concerned, stressed, out of sorts? Offer it up. Are you suffering physical pain? Offer it up. “Offer it up” is advice
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin). Finding the self, soul’s
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
Meditation has never been more popular in the United States than it is at the present. Approximately 14% of adult Americans have at least tried
I have learned that loneliness has no boundaries. It stretches out its tentacles and wraps them around those who may have lost a spouse, a
We were all shocked when a teenager burst into a school classroom in Highlands Ranch, Colorado last year, weapon firing, shooting many school-aged children totally
We know that God is in control of our lives, our families, our nation and our planet. We know that He has promised to come
Despite the damage it does to our health, we seem to willingly stress ourselves out, especially during this recent epidemic. Stress can be blamed for
As a cradle Catholic, the value of suffering and its place in life are concepts I have accepted without question. When difficulties both large and
Do not go gentle into that good night. Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the
