In financial planning, placing all your eggs in one basket can be a risky endeavor. It’s the same with life. A single stream of income
Everything changes when we realize God loves us unconditionally! This realization is not easy for many of us to accept. We may have grown up
The Gospel readings in the Liturgical Calendar for Sunday Cycle C originate from the writings of St. Luke. Luke entrusted this meticulously researched account to
Lent always begins with a sobering reminder: Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return. It’s a season that strips us down to
By: Unknown Centurion We live in interesting times – times of authentic, organic, spirit-led revival. These are times of liberation, consolation, transformation, transparency, and accountability.
In a small town on the South Dakota prairie, a monastery of Carmelite Nuns spend their lives being “prayer in the heart of the Church.”
Decades ago, as a newly graduated engineer, I worked for a company that invested heavily in its people. My employment there turned out to be
When you attend Mass, have you ever pondered what happens at the altar following Holy Communion? It is the Purification of the Sacred Vessels. With
Ash Wednesday, this week (March 5), marks the beginning of the Lenten season. But for some reason, Lent often seems to sneak up on us.
Back in the late 1800s Pope Leo XIII had a few things to say about marriage, family, and society. His words are still relevant today.
One response when one hears or encounters something that is outlandish or blatantly false is to say to the source, “Get real!” This is a
The meaning of the Sunday Mass Readings for March is made clearest by Catholic Doctrine. Doctrines are the Magisterium’s authoritative, essentially unchangeable clarifications of Revelation
The Lenten season begins later than usual this year. Instead of starting our fast during the bitter days of February, we’ll begin in early March
All my life I have been looking for love. I did not know what this love was. All I knew was there was a love
What are Catholics to do about pastors who are leading the faithful on the wrong path and putting souls in danger? Poorly performing or outright
Part 1 of this series focused on cowardly clerics who do not make good shepherds. There are, however, members of the clergy who are even
I first heard the phrase “slower than Christmas” when we moved back to Texas. I was 9- years-old at the time. We had lived in
Christ gave us shepherds to point us to truth and encourage us to “be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect.” Distressingly, some of our shepherds
Though we haven’t yet reached Ash Wednesday in this Jubilee Year of Hope, it isn’t too soon to plan our personal Lenten observances. One tried-and-true
As I was meditating on Jesus’ miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, I felt the Holy Spirit whisper something into my heart.
Many people think of Heaven as being an experience of floating on a cloud while playing a harp. That sounds horrible to me. I don’t
Conscience, that still small voice within us, is the compass guiding our moral journey through life. It resonates with God’s truth and goodness, much like
