When times are tough, I — like many Catholics — turn to my friends, the saints. Whether you’re searching for a job, battling breast cancer,
Ever since my wife and I moved into our current home I have had an ongoing battle with the shrubbery. There are times when honestly
“Happy is he who does not have sadness in his mind, and who has not fallen away from his hope.” -Sirach 14:2 Finding Hope in
“And also with you.” “And with your Spirit.” Six of one half a dozen of the other ? Mox nix ? Who cares? What difference
As we approach Holy Week, Lent has steadily moved us to the edges of ourselves. Yet, we can miss one of the most important elements
As children, all Catholics are taught the Ten Commandments. We learn that it is wrong to kill, to steal, to commit adultery, to worship other
During this Holy week, as we enter more fully into the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, it is a good time to ask ourselves
The Easter Bounty- Chocolates When we walk down any candy aisle in a grocery store, we are guaranteed to see many beautifully wrapped and enticing
A few years ago, the BBC news channel presented an interesting documentary regarding Jewish life in the first century. In the course of that documentary,
It has frequently been said that Good Friday is meaningless without Easter Sunday. Certainly this statement is true for, as St. Paul explains, if Christ
It has been said that the three crosses on Calvary on Good Friday represented Rebellion, Repentance, and Redemption in the forms of Gestas, Dismas and,
I tend to rush through my daily duties like a solitary soul, disconnected from God and other people. However, I became aware that humans
The words Christ spoke on the cross are some of the most important in history. Because of how important His Passion was, every word He
Now used by the right and the left, fake news is practically the catch phrase of the Trump presidency. It refers to media reports which
Overwhelmed In their book, “Overwhelmed: How to Quiet the Chaos and Restore Your Sanity,” authors Kathi Lipp and Cheri Gregory, evangelical Christians, offer readers a
Reviling someone, whether it is mocking, taunting, or ridiculing, is almost always a sinful act, yet one which many tend to easily forget or overlook
The first chapter of our scrutiny presented almost all the main heroes of the nascence of French Sacred Hearts revelation and devotion. How these and
theology of the body I have been waiting impatiently for the “theological timebomb set to go off.” This was George Weigel’s assessment of The Theology
I recently had a conversation about our faith with a fallen-away Catholic family member. This situation is exactly what the New Evangelization is all about.
theology of the body 1979 was an exciting year. My wife was pregnant most of that year with our third child. This was not an
As we near the end of this year’s journey through Lent, I would like to lead with my favorite joke involving this special time of
So I went to Confession last Saturday (March 25). I don’t go to Confession nearly often enough. I go so infrequently that I have an
