This month marks the one year anniversary of the passing of an extraordinary man, Fr. Arne Panula. While I never met him personally, I am deeply
There are so many angry, frustrated people on Facebook spewing their volatile rage these days that I try to avoid using it. But earlier this
The secret to happiness: fall in love, get married, have babies – once undisputedly known to be the key to the majority of people’s happiness,
In John 1:14, the word “The Word was made flesh” almost always translates as: “and dwelt among us,” or some other reference to “dwelling.” Some
‘It looks full of hard words and signs and numbers, not very entertaining or understandable looking, and I wonder whether it will make people
While flipping through a magazine from 2017 a few months ago, I noticed a “staff pick” feature for a movie that was soon to be
We were all shocked and shattered when my brother announced that he wanted to become a priest. It was not just that he wanted to
When I was six years old I had a special treasure chest. It was only an old black plastic lunchbox, the kind a man might
This past May two of my relatives passed away within a few days of each other. One had a Catholic funeral Mass, or the Mass
Last month, I responded to George Weigel’s commencement address to the law students of Ave Maria University, in which he urged prospective Catholic lawyers to
I am sometimes amazed by the casualness of this generation, sometimes called the millennial generation. In some ways casual is refreshing but in other ways,
Many in the Church have made serious assertions that we can have a reasonable hope that at the Final Judgement Hell will be empty –
Pete Socks, the former book reviewer for Catholic Stand is now managing Breadbox Media, a Catholic-based, spiritually-focused, national podcast network. He will be posting podcasts regularly
So why are we Catholic? The world hates us, with a passion. By just about every indicator, the Catholic Church is losing its rank among
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
The wrath of God is indeed being revealed from heaven against every impiety and wickedness of those who suppress the truth by their wickedness. (Romans 1:18)
As I was preparing to leave for college way too long ago, my dad told me to be sure to introduce myself to the “young
Of the approximately 107 Billion human beings that have lived and died on planet Earth, Jesus Christ was by far the most outstanding, the most
Seventeenth-century poet, John Donne, first included the phrase, “No man is an island”, in one of his meditations and later composed a poem of the
Hardship is not pleasant. It creates discomfort in our lives. It inconveniences our plans. It discourages us, causing hesitation and inaction. Yet, properly understood, hardship
If I must boast , I will boast in the things that show my weakness (2 Corinthians 11: 30) I like to look for the
It has always struck me that the Lord started His life’s work at such a young age and died a mere three years later. There
