Celebrate Ordinary Time? Why celebrate anything that seems to just fill in the space between Christmas and Easter? The Sacrament of the Moment With all
I asked for it. I really did. I knew that I would never find peace until I got down on my knees and begged for
Thomas Hobbes described the state of nature as a war of all against all, in which life was “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” In
We have just gotten over some minor illnesses here at home, colds and pink eye. Even though we are just a family of four, it
The vocation of love unites pro-life people to build a “civilization of truth and love.” Saint John Paul II urged the world to the ‘Gospel
Vatican II Music If you read what the Second Vatican Council wrote about sacred music (in Chapter VI in the 1963 constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium) you will
“And he said to him, “Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by. And there was a
Recently, I sat down to watch Bee Movie with my 2-year-old. At first, I thought it would be just another movie about environmentalism and humans
If you have not been watching HBO’s The Young Pope you haven’t missed anything of any consequence. All you’ve missed is some really well photographed
This is the story of my ascent out of brokenness and into the arms of mercy. Through suffering, God tore down the walls of what
Amoris Laetitia. Regrettably, both Catholic and secular media seem to be dancing to a cadence of increasing hysteria. These bold-print emotional barrages are spreading undue
Wisdom from a Great Saint St. Teresa of Calcutta was canonized on September 4, 2016, in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis. She
I had a love-hate relationship with my mother’s tweezers and sewing needles growing up. I always ran to my mom when I so often would
The term “Millennials” refers to the generation born after 1980. They are coming of age and entering the job market in the early years of
Have you ever thought of being a superhero? I know for myself as a child I had several superheroes I wanted to be like. I
Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life. Nobody comes to the father except by me.” He identified himself elsewhere as a
Catholic Schools Week begins January 29 and ends February 4. Catholic schools all across the United States will be celebrating in their own unique ways.
Saint Athanasius, a Doctor of the Church, and the foremost defender of the divinity of Christ, is one of the key figures in the history of
Shusaku Endo’s novel Silence, of which a film adaptation by Martin Scorsese shall soon be released, is concerned with the deeply unsettling portrayal of a
A hermit I know used to say, “When you stop falling you will be in heaven, but when you stop getting up, you will be
You really have to be careful where you get your news these days. The mainstream media, and even many online news sites, just can’t be
The new year follows Advent, a time to look forward and back, and Christmas, a time to celebrate the birth of hope and love. These holy
