Updated 11/14/15 to reflect my experiences with my 4th miscarriage. The loss of a child is a nightmare for every parent. In the first
As you read this, I am in Cincinnati on a mission trip with our parish youth group. Each year we travel somewhere to help spread God’s
Do you remember the old advertising slogan “Is it live? Or is it Memorex?” Christians the world over sort of ask a similar set of
In one episode of Peanuts, Charlie Brown lists the four combinations of the relationship between two persons, each being a something or a nothing and
“Because science fiction primarily deals with the future, it must inevitably deal with the end of the world, and thus SF overlaps more
The magazine’s cover model posed provocatively, a deceptively demure smile on his face – or was it her face? – and progressive media outlets gushed
There are so many times when I ask myself why the heck I am Catholic. Days like today when I have been told that I
We had it all in the Garden of Eden. Everything we relentlessly seek today was ours then, and we lost it. We lost it through one act
My wife owns one of the most beautiful pictures I’ve ever seen. I describe it so not only for the aesthetic pleasure it gives, but
Back on Conspiracies & Catholicism: Saints, I said I’d do an article on Miracles at a later time because certified miracles are required to show
It was a nun and not an economist or political philosopher that reminded the world there is one timeless measure of a home’s value: love.
From the dawn of Man at Eden, Satan has been seeking the ruin of humanity. Today, Satan remains active, continuing to instigate rebellion against God and sowing evil
This column is the eighth in a series of introductory essays on “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis for the
We live in a hectic, deadline driven world. Whether at work or home, things are either speeding towards us from all sides, or we are
My friends from church had planned a great outing to the park, peddling a four-seat surrey around the lake. However, the whole thing almost
Never say never. That’s what they have always said. And how true it is – both in this world and regarding Eternal Life! If you’re
Theological Objection: “Thinking is a function of man’s immortal soul. God has given an immortal soul to every man and woman, but not to any
The popular atheist blogger, Hemant Mehta, ponders change with the question, “What happens when atheists are no longer a minority?” He mentions the human need
In the Bible, we learn the names of two trees in Paradise. One is the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which had
Let us witness then in love, without sinning against those who have yet to experience the joy of the Eucharist or a deep relationship with
This isn’t your parent’s scouting! As if it’s not bad enough that the Girl Scouts of America are in cahoots with abortion giant Planned Parenthood,
At the inaugural Catholic Assembly for Business breakfast Monsignor Stuart Swetland spoke on the Theology of Work. The Theology of Work is exciting for Christian
