“The whole journey of life is a journey of preparation. Sometimes the Lord has to do it quickly, as he did with the good thief:
A hermit I know used to say, ‘When you stop falling you will be in heaven, but when you stop getting up, you will be
The swoosh from my phone startled me from my slumber at 6 am on Sunday the 15th of December. It was a message from my
As we celebrate the birth of our Savior, do we contemplate Jesus Christ being formed within each of us? Perhaps we think we are not
Off the Shelf 157 – Mike Aquilina We wrap up 2019 with my good friend Mike Aquilina. Join us as we take a look at
What is your new year resolution going to be? Since we just started a new liturgical year in the Church, finished Advent and celebrated Jesus’
Just as many of us make special efforts to spend time with members of our families during this Christmas season, it is also a time
Recently I started an accountability group for a small number of men struggling with the scourge of pornography. These are good Catholic men attempting to
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). This summer I was overcome with fear when
For over seven years now, I have been the secretary at a small church in my hometown. It is a small church with a big
For us, the birth of our son is a Christmas story about God coming to be with us in a special way and teaching us
For much of 2019, I waited with great anticipation for a book that was in development. When it first was announced by the author, it
The year was 1220, the place was Egypt, shortly after the siege of Damietta. A small nondescript looking man stood before the Sultan arrayed in
Christmas has always been my favorite day of the year, so hearing we were due to have a baby on Christmas Day thrilled me beyond
Christmas is not an event within history but is rather the invasion of time by eternity. (Hans Urs Von Balthasar) Eternity Is Not Linear From
Of the whole gamut of myths, legends and fairy tales that have been told in human history, not even the most outrageous or outlandish can
By Brother Henry Arruda OMI I was not just in the hospital but in the “Psychiatric Unit” of the hospital. This is what happened to
Off the Shelf 156 – Karlo Broussard At some point every one of us has heard things like: “How can you believe that? Don’t you
An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.—Timothy 2:5 BABE RUTH’S MEMORIAL, ST. MARY’S INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR DEPENDENT BOYS In 1921
When I was a child, I thought everyone spent Christmas Eve around a long, dimly lit table with plates of pierogis and white wine. Despite
Western society has progressively embraced secularism over time. Two big problems have been created as a result: authentic faith has been (and continues to be)
All of Christendom celebrates every year the birth of Christ whom Scripture identifies as the Prince of Peace. Yet, in many countries where Catholicism and
