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
Public schools have become increasingly brazen in the nature of some of their social teachings, which conflict with the Catholic faith. Undertaking Catholic homeschooling can
Should Catholics be against whiteness? We Catholics should be against the word “Whiteness” because we should be against the ideology of “Whiteness.” We should NOT
With the U.S. elections upon us, we should take a few moments to recall the type of country our Founding Fathers created and how voting
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
People need, and have a right to, reliable information on the differences between Christianity and New Age. (Pontifical Council for Culture, Pontifical Council for Interreligious
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 soul, as St. Teresa of Avila put it, is a castle in which there are many rooms, just as in heaven where there are many
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
The Corovirus pandemic has seen numerous opinions emerge regarding causes and cures and where it all will end. Both individuals and societies worry and concern
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
Off the Shelf 188 – Jared Staudt This week on Off the Shelf I am joined by guest Jared Staudt. We take a look at
The retelling of the miracle at Cana in “The Chosen” diverges from the Biblical narrative in a way that is problematic, especially for Catholics. We
Did you know that St. Augustine wrote a 6-series work on music theory? He called it “De Musica“. Until this week, I had no idea.
