Scripture warns us clearly that in the last days, charity will suffer. Matthew 24:12 “Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.”
St. Raymond Nonnatus is a saint from the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy or the Mercedarian Order and was born in 1204
We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are,
The political left and secularists have hijacked the term “social justice”. Ask anyone and they will describe social justice in terms of wealth distribution and
Darren Aronofsky’s film mother! starts out well enough, making masterful use of its setting and cinematography and centring on stellar performances from Jennifer Lawrence as
Stories about our horrific hurricane season will be told for weeks to come. Most will eventually be forgotten. However, there is one that I am
School, both government mandated and Catholic faith formation through CCD classes, is now in session. In America, children wake up, get ready for the day,
On October 8 and 9, 1859, the Blessed Mother appeared to Adele Brise, a young Belgian woman, in Champion, Wisconsin. Three times, Adele saw a
Why has the Church become largely irrelevant to the secular culture? In Part I of this article, we explored how the culture is breeding individual
How often, especially in times of crisis, do we feel tricked by God? We think we have been duped into believing that all will be
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit the remains of Saint Peter the Apostle in the Necropolis at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. When I
Am I the only one feeling that the Catholic Church has become irrelevant in political, social and moral arenas? It’s not really a question anymore.
Contrary to what I know to be the right thing to do, I have a stubborn tendency to dwell too much in the world, being
On Yom Kippur, the ritual trial reaches its conclusion. The people finally drop all their defenses and excuses and throw themselves on the mercy
Twenty-five years ago, my husband discovered a book at a Trappist monastery which questioned my basic premise about the nature of reality, rekindled joy in
In the book Get Us Out of Here! the late Austrian mystic Maria Simma is quoted as saying that “Love without a Cross is empty;
Several months ago, I happened to glance at the cover of America, and noticed something strange among the featured article descriptions: “Jesus, Please Don’t Fix
“Dogma Lives Loudly Within You”, said the Senator. Thank you very much, Senator. I am flattered that you noticed. I do try very hard to
Historically, theological controversy has led to the development of doctrine. This is quite apparent in the record of the ecumenical councils of the Catholic Church,
Like most European Catholics I was born and brought up in the aftermath of the Renaissance influenced by a spirituality that owed as much
Devotion to the Holy Face of Christ I have yet to meet a Catholic that does not know who St. Therese of Lisieux is. However,
Fear and faith are not two sides of the same coin as that would make them binary, either or, all, or nothing. Rather, they
