On Easter Sunday my family and I shared a traditional Italian dinner with my wife’s family at the home of her parents, Gerald and Ines
In 1992, my husband and I told my parents we were expecting an addition to the family. They responded with excitement. Mom expressed how happy
The #MeToo movement has shaken the foundations of some of the culture’s most entrenched havens of sexual harassment, abuse and predation. The list of politicians,
What would it look like if we submitted our entire will to God? What kind of an impact would we have on the world?
Pious Fantasies I couldn’t fault my doctor when I went for a private consultation, but in his own home, he seemed to have left his
One method of revelation in the Divine Pedagogy which has always fascinated me is typology. Through this method, God orchestrates the people, places, and events of
When was the last time you set out to do something with bad intent? It has probably been quite some time, if ever. Very few
The intellectual mood of our time could be best described as self-congratulatory. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, it was taken as fact that
We now find ourselves in the Easter season. Now is a time for rejoicing and for thanking the Lord for His love and salvation. Now
This week I attended a Symposium commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the famous papal encyclical, Humanae Vitae, at the Catholic University of America (CUA) in
From the first moment of birth we all experience suffering. A doctor rips a newborn child from a comfortable, warm, and familiar setting. Naked and
“The Long and Winding Road” by The Beatles describes the sojourn that is life on Earth in a delightfully melodic way. The long and winding
Several places in Scripture tell us that Jesus was troubled or worried, or experienced grief. John 11:33: When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews
If you conduct a poll of practicing Christians and ask them what their ultimate hope is, the vast, vast majority of them would say getting
When we pray in the Our Father, “Thy Kingdom come,” what are we praying for? Jesus most preached and taught not about love, but about
The true meaning of the word mercy is often misunderstood and misused. Far from indicating that all bets are off and you are free to
The end of March saw the conclusion of a week-long meeting held at the Vatican that engaged young people from all over the world. The
We must all pray for Divine Mercy. God’s mercy is infinite, as St. Faustina tells us. God hungers for us to turn to Him in
In Part I, we discussed a common misunderstanding of suffering among many Catholics. We looked at a specific type of suffering involving persecution. Now let’s
Our family has had an Adoration hour at seven pm on Saturday nights for the past twelve years. We picked this time because it’s on
“Just offer it up!” It’s an iconic reference that’s become a Catholic spiritual cliché. Dollars to donuts, it was your Mom’s response when you complained
In recent months, the Holy Spirit has shown me some things about kindness through two mostly isolated elderly people. One, a friend from my family’s
