Surely she had never asked God for anything except that He should let her have her will. And every time she had been granted what
On this particular day, before he made his way through the cube farm to his desk, Josh stopped by my carpeted cell on the way.
I have always had a special attraction to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Ever since I was a child, there was something about seeing a statue
Catholicism and baseball would seemingly have little to do with each other. However, many have compared devotion to the cross and to the baseball diamond.
For many years, I enjoyed Stephen Colbert’s The Colbert Report. Colbert was funny in a positive way, never was vulgar, and was always respectful of
Have you ever encountered someone who feels the Catholic Church is all about guilt? They ask: “Why do I have to go to Mass every
Do we really need to believe in certain miracles to be Christians? That is the question Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times asked Evangelical
We tend to romanticize the past and feel anxious for the future to arrive. In doing so, we dismiss the present as a prelude or
I have been working in the field of education for more than twenty years now. And every time I come to reflect upon the fruits
If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. (Luke 9:23) The Gospels and
Two Images, One Lord It would be difficult to name a person who is the subject of more works of art than Jesus Christ. For
For most Catholics today, the Sacrament of Confirmation is a mystery, a ritual that we celebrate simply as a formality without really understanding what it’s
In 1910 Florence Nightingale died. In her last will and testament, Nightingale bequeathed $1,500 [$40,000 in current values] to Sister of Mercy Mother Stanislaus of
Don’t trust your pessimistic feelings. There was a great outpouring of elation from the laity and the clergy in 1959 when Pope John XXIII announced
As Catholics, we believe that God revealed himself gradually to his chosen people, the Jews, and completed this Divine revelation in the Jewish Messiah, the
I have inherited a high level of anxiety and perfectionism which makes peace difficult to attain in my life. When I was a teenager newly
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about Suburbia (where I’ve lived my whole life ) and Rod Dreher’s book, The Benedict Option. I haven’t read Rod’s
It is very rare in the New Testament that we are given words directly spoken by God the Father so when this happens it should
Since mental illness is as common and invisible among the faithful as it is in secular circles, concern for mental health cannot simply be relegated
One of the most common early Church titles of our Lady is “the Valiant Woman.” She is the one we run to in distress, looking
In a recent essay, I asked the question: “Where is the passion and fire within the Church? Where is the passion and fire within me? In
Many Catholics struggle with how to handle situations where family and friends, who are Baptized Catholics but do not practice, choose to celebrate events in their
