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
This is the first year I have missed the Walk for Life in San Francisco in a long time. As I write this we are
Steubenville Conferences, Kairos, random weekend retreats: I’ve done them all. Every time I come back from one of these super-hyped, life-changing weekends, I experience this
I recently came across several articles which were based upon a large amount of excellent data that the Center for Disease Control collects annually. Thousands
In his classic Mere Christianity, the great Christian author C.S. Lewis writes that God’s love for us is a relentless love, meaning that it continues
A voice is heard in Ramah, lamenting and weeping bitterly: it is Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted because they are no
It has been going on ever since the Protestant Reformation in 1517, five hundred years ago. The bible verses in question are when Paul says
Merry Christmas! Though Epiphany is now over, there is an old tradition in the Church that the Christmas season actually lasts up until the feast
St. Thomas More, patron saint of civil servants, statesmen, and politicians, lived a life of moral courage. A 15th-16th century saint, More was poet, author,
Francis Crick was an evangelical atheist. He believed that scientific understanding removed the need for religious explanations of material phenomena. Francis Crick’s Obituary (PLoS Biology,
Satan, Lucifer, the Devil, the Father of Lies – many of us, we grew up hearing one or more of these names. But how
I left Hawaii’s extraordinary climate just before the New Year to be with my 90-year-old parents on the wintry east coast near Philadelphia. I arrived
You probably had your first experience of reality long before you were born, in your mother’s womb. From that experience, a small handful of crucial
Modern, educated folk tend to dismiss the miraculous, preferring to believe science will eventually provide a plausible explanation for the inexplicable. For the cynical, only
Today’s society is more preoccupied with encouraging its members to pursue attitudes and careers that lead to personal, self-gratifying fulfillment, rather than the universal, selfless
Learning Empathy From the Cross When I was little, I remember sitting in the pew at church gazing up at the huge crucifix that hung
This very word – DESIRE – stirs something within our hearts: For some it brings up passion and hope, for others it brings up pain and
Every Sunday at Mass, after the priest gives his homily, we all stand up to recite the Nicene Creed and profess, among other things, that
Perhaps; but, in living faith, there is hope. Full disclosure: Yes, that is intentionally a “Made Ya Look” headline. It is also precisely how many
