Our Church crisis Like many, I have been reacting to the blogosphere and news reports regarding Cardinal McCarrick, the Pennsylvania grand jury report and the
This year, the Feast of the Assumption of Mary once again presented a golden opportunity to reconsider the person of the Ever-Virgin Mary and her
Many songs and poems speak of letting go of those we love in hopes that one day they will come back to where they belong.
Earlier this summer my wife and I became friends with a young person, about the same age as us, who let us know that they
The next time someone says, “God loves you just as you are,” or the next time you begin to say or think to yourself, “God
I recently moved house and city and was surprised at how painful it was to say goodbye to the friends we had made during the
By the time this article is released I will have celebrated my first anniversary of priestly ordination. The gift of the priesthood and my consecrated
These Things Are Unspeakable When the political philosopher Edmund Burke wrote: “These things are unspeakable, but I cannot remain silent,” he could well have been
Friends and acquaintances are asking us what to make of the recent disclosures about abuse within Holy Mother Church. We seemingly hear about it or
Five hundred years ago, the Roman Catholic Church was going through an incredible time of corruption and holiness, shame and glory, evil and good. It
Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? (Luke 5:23) As a parishioner in the Diocese of
When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love
One form of modern relativism states that to understand, “You need to weigh out the probabilities.” (at minute 45:30) From this perspective, we can surmise,
INTRODUCTION: MY APPROACH TO PROBABILITY This article is a response (of a sort) to Bob Drury’s excellent piece, “Prudence, Prejudice and Probability.” That article in
The Patrick Coffin Show podcast features weekly interviews with A-list influencers and outliers in the effort to recover the Judeo-Christian roots of the culture. Patrick
One Friday afternoon I was making a Holy Hour before the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. For the first twenty or thirty minutes, I brought
On Saturday, August 11, 2018, on the feast of my namesakes, Saint Susanna and Saint Claire, I went to Mass. I had been saddened by
Pornography seems to be everywhere these days. Sometimes it is overt, but sometimes we are reminded that it’s part of our culture in subtle ways.
Like you, Dear Reader, I was angered and sickened by the Pennsylvania grand jury report. But the lynch-mob mentality that quickly formed among the
Judas is notoriously used as an example of the ultimate betrayal. Jesus, Himself, chose him as one of His apostles. Yet, he is the weapon
A non-Catholic friend had asked me for a simple explanation of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, and the necessity of it. Having recently
As we live out the divine blueprint given to us by our Lord, we build the Church and act in unity as the Body of
