I still occasionally hear the old platitude of “Love the sinner; hate the sin.” I find, however, that in practice people are often much better
Prayer is vital to the soul’s journey to Heaven: our ultimate goal. Without prayer, we lose our connection with God and become selfish people. Like
Catholic Churches in the United States and Canada and even in other parts of the world are under assault. But one must look hard to
Can God use what is best in us to show His love to the world? Can His light shine through us and reach others? Yes,
“How can we reclaim our Catholic culture?” a friend asked recently. Like so many millennial Catholics, he wanted to offer his kids more than the
The letters of St. Paul and St. John, along with the Book of Revelation speak clearly of a figure of evil who will arise and
The cardinal archbishop knelt while a sung motet soared through the evening air, lifting the congregation in prayer. It was the Autumn of 1569, and
What does the term “quality of life” mean to you? If you have been a decision-maker for someone who is suffering interminably, with little or
We know a little bit about the fall of Lucifer, from Revelation 12, which talks about how a war in heaven broke out between the
I went to Byzantine Catholic vespers at the Ukrainian Catholic Church near my city recently. It was the first time I had gone, and I
I want to tell you one of the most remarkable stories that you have ever heard. The story contains within it a secret which, can
Vanity of vanities! . . . All is vanity. What does a man gain by the toil at which he toils under the sun? .
I will never minimize the bursts of light that have come my way during my life, still come. However, my main source of light is
Most, if not all Christians, know about Jesus multiplying the loaves and fish. What many do not know, however, is that there were actually two
Human progression is less linear than we think, and we shouldn’t always expect the spiritual life to be a linear progression either. This point is
It is common knowledge that King Henry VIII of England broke with the Catholic Church, deciding to create his own church. He was influenced by
It’s been thirty-nine years since my husband Lino and I said our “I do’s” on the morning of June 12, 1982 in a Catholic church
God’s mercy and justice are perfect. And therein lays a conundrum for some. Just how, they wonder, does perfect mercy and justice work? In our
Off the Shelf 224 – David Wooton This week on Off the Shelf we hear a fantastic story from an ordinary guy just like you
Loreto House sits about one mile north of Denton Presbyterian Hospital on Bonnie Brae Street. Presby (as it’s known around town) is the only hospital
We Catholic/Christians are called to “evangelize.” But for me, the word, evangelize, has always been intimidating. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary says that the word, evangelize, is
There is a controversy between adherents of two views of time, one called eternalism and the other presentism. Eternalism claims that from the perspective of
How can we define this historic moment in American history? We should have known better but the withdrawal from Afghanistan was instantaneously embraced as a
An ancient legend from the Talmud tells the story of how King Solomon built the first temple. The great king wanted to be different from
