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
Recently, I have begun a series on the Catholic understanding of human nature from a philosophical perspective. Before returning to the next installment in the
I have faced difficult situations countless times, finally learning to surrender control to God after playing god becomes too exhausting. Often He has surprised me
The Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist has been believed by Christians since the time of the Apostles. Understanding this metaphysically and describing our
But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of
My living room, as do many other Catholic homes, bears the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the front facing wall. This means
Catholics love to ask for the saints’ intercession, and no saint is called upon more often than Mary, the mother of Jesus. While every saint
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of
You are a practicing Catholic and you are going with your family on another fun-filled, summer road trip. Perhaps you have always and most graciously
All tithes from the land, whether the seed from the ground or the fruit from the tree, are the Lord’s; they are holy to the
