Sloth — for some of us, it’s a tree-dwelling mammal, especially the dimwitted but loveable Sid from Twentieth Century Fox’s Ice Age franchise. For others,
Off the Shelf 122 – Dawn Eden Goldstein Like most converts Dawn Eden Goldstein’s journey to the Catholic faith is an interesting one. On this
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus
Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be [done] to me according to your word. ( Luke 1:38) I went to adoration
Because we can’t perceive it with our senses, we may be tempted to regard the world of the angels as ethereal or not quite real.
“You shall not covet…anything that is your neighbor’s…You shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox,
There is a natural phenomenon that’s easily verifiable. As an object travels away from its source, it becomes smaller, and as it travels towards the
Scripture is speckled with much about the eyes of the Lord and His looking upon one and another. The look varies from that which is
Regret…many of us struggle with it. Like an invisible ball and chain it drags behind us, holding us back. Regret can press down upon us
My husband and I are expecting a fourth child and when that dreaded time of telling everyone came around I realized it never gets
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. (Pope John Paul II) Despair is a word, which
Last month’s article, Love and the Productive Power of Not, took a look at how most of the Ten Commandments are “negative” or in other
A few months ago I was following a discussion on social media about how people of faith would respond if faced with martyrdom. It generated
I am not Dodo Conway. Perhaps no one is, she’s a fictional character after all. Dodo appears in Sylvia Plath’s novel, The Bell Jar, several
Off the Shelf 121 – Father Kevin McKenna Catholic social teaching confuse you? Not certain what it is or what the Church really teaches on
Fundamental to the postmodern, post-Christian culture in which we live is the rejection of an objective human nature. Instead of believing human nature is what
I recently underwent a medical emergency that required an amputation of the remainder of my left foot and part of my leg. I am now
When we think of Divine Mercy, we think of God’s loving devotion to us and His compassionate forgiveness of our sins. God’s mercy extends to
O Lord, we are so easily deceived still into expecting from you a kingdom governed according to the laws of this world. Keep our eyes
I first began to understand certain mystical truths as I prayed at the place where Jesus was crucified on the first Good Friday. I have
Anger and Reason My 43-year-old son reminded me several weeks ago how he and his younger brother used to hide from me when they were
I would now like to speak directly to every woman, to reflect with her on the problems and the prospects of what it means to
