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
On How We have Replaced a Leisure-Culture with a Work-Culture Planning which day I’ll have enough time to finally make sourdough bread is quite the
The Spirit of God is alive and active all around us, but sometimes we get distracted and miss it. Or we don’t have our spiritual
Many of us know someone who has just completed a “dry January.” While there can certainly be benefits to abstaining from alcohol or other pleasures,
Mention our borders and immigration and a lively discussion is almost certain to ensue. Strong feelings exist about both subjects. In my opinion, in dealing
No Temples no Altars Writing at the beginning of the first century, St Justin delighted in boasting, “We have no temples, we have no altars,”
The pretty brunette nurse perched on her stool, carefully reading her computer screen. Then she glided over to the incomprehensible apparatus at the head of
While Mary is a creature of God and is in no way His equal, Catholics believe that God has elevated her to an important role
A well-known and very much-admired Catholic farmer in Northern Virginia is Jesse Straight. Owner of Whiffletree Farm in Warrenton, Virginia, Straight has embraced both his
The Presentation of Our Most Blessed Lord is often one of those rosary mysteries overlooked by many Catholics. Of course, I am sure we all
Over the years I have had many discussions with so called “Nones” as to whether one really needs “a church.” And that phase “a church,”
In this episode of The Patrick Coffin Show, mystical theologian David Torkington discusses the urgent need for a return to prayer in today’s fast-paced world
