Recently my friend Mary Ann and I were chatting about our journeys back to the Church. Hers began with a visit to a young girl in Worcester,
Off the Shelf 218 – Msgr. Stephen Rossetti This week on Off the Shelf we take a unique look into the very real world of
For perhaps a multitude of reasons, it seems like society has been systematically devolving into a web of tribal allegiances. People try with varying degrees of
I can’t really say I think of myself as an immortal. Do you? When you choose something – an action or a charity or a
After I viewed the picture “City Slickers”, I started thinking about all the secular and religious issues which surround people today. In the movie, Jack
My friend has exquisite flower gardens but the most beautiful garden tended is the one in her heart. So, I was surprised a few years
We in the United States are going through hell on earth right now. Everything in our nation is falling apart and most Americans just stand
In the so-called sexual revolution of the 1960s, the magnificent vocation of marriage was not properly appreciated, esteemed, and understood. Yet in the face of monumental resistance, Saint Pope Paul
For [Pilate] knew that it was out of envy that they had handed [Jesus] over (Matt 27:18). Juneteenth, and the Emancipation Proclamation which it celebrates,
I was a little upset when an American commentator said the English are not really interested in tennis, they’re just mad on Wimbledon. But when
“Do not let the shadows of your past darken the footsteps of your future. Forgive and forget.” – Anonymous Every time a person wrongs you,
I was reading, The Original Unity of Man and Woman by Saint John Paul II where he states, The words of Genesis, “It is not good that the
When it comes to anger, it seems to be a good news / bad news situation these days. The good news is that everybody in
There was a man sent from God whose name was John. This man came to bear witness of the Light, to prepare unto the Lord
We can know God is real from Reason alone, without Faith. That is to say, we can know God is real by using only non-supernatural
Off the Shelf 217 – Father Sebastian Walshe This week on Off the Shelf Father Sebastian Walshe joins me to discuss the rising issue of
What would you say is the most expensive thing in the world? If you ask the mass media, the Wall Street Journal, or Google, you
That humanity stands on the brink of almost incomprehensible change seems to be increasingly certain. The exponentiality of Moore’s law, which states that computing power
In light of the devastating effects of absentee or otherwise uninvolved fathers on families and society, a growing number of organizations and ministries are working
In a year of intense sacramental preparation, the second graders look to me as their catechist to explain to them the meaning of “grace.” As
Karen and I would have celebrated our 48th wedding anniversary later this month. She died on May 13, the feast of the Ascension and of
In my years working at a crisis pregnancy center, I’ve met a number of men whose wives or girlfriends have aborted the baby the men
