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
Like most people, throughout my life I have experienced very many offenses against me, ranging from the great to the small, whether it was the
My sister Mary has dementia. I have been caring for her for about four years now. Dementia is an affliction that is difficult to deal
Even if we’ve heard about God’ great mercy, we may unknowingly deprive ourselves of what His love wants to give us, as I’ve discovered in
“And if we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?” –St.
If you enjoy controversial topics, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, I will take on one of the most contentious, emotional and
In fact, everything that exists and moves in the Church – the sacraments, doctrine, institutions – draws its strength from Christ’s Resurrection. (Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa,
It was at Easter in the 1970’s that I first met my wife. I received a phone call from the local convent asking me to
The rubrics of the Missale Romanum remind us that this “mother of all vigils” is the “greatest and most noble of all solemnities and it is
Hymns to Mary Half a gazillion years ago, which is defined as half a century give or take a decade or two, my primary education
