Since my wife, Karen, died in May, I have been praying much more for the holy souls in purgatory. Although I know how she lived
Recently I had the privilege of visiting my community’s mission in Luxembourg. The country of Luxembourg itself is quite small; thirty minutes suffice to drive
In titling this post I was primarily thinking of my own experience, specifically with regards to this awful-lousy-no-good-whole-food-plant-based diet I’ve been trying out. My intentions
St. Thomas More is one of the most important figures of the tumultuous time of the Reformation in Europe. There are few saints who could
Most everyone has probably heard of the spiritual benefits of saying the rosary, but not a lot of people have even thought about the physical
Richard Dawkins presents his central argument in The God Delusion as not only rescuing Darwinian evolution from absurdity (p. 122) but as demonstrating “why there
I love to administer the Sacrament of Baptism for so many reasons. We are welcoming a new person into the Church! We are letting the
I do not know if we will survive, but I wish that someday we will be able to call things by their proper names, as
In accord with the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, Mary is celebrated as the Queen of Heaven. The universal Church celebrates the feast
In my teen years in New York, two celebrities played huge roles in raising awareness of the needs of people with intellectual disabilities. Local WABC
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? .
