St. Augustine wrote of two cities that men on earth have built. “Two cities have been formed by two loves,” he said. “The earthly by
When I first saw him on television, I didn’t care for him; the grey-bearded monk in his Franciscan habit. He seemed to represent most of
A while back on my personal blog, I presented a secular view of suffering. I posited that, for the secular left, suffering is seen as worse
I’ve traversed the murky waters of the reportage going on concerning the Extraordinary Synod on the Family for the past week or so. There have
“Riding one day in the plains below Assisi, he met a leper whose loathsome sores filled Francis with horror. Overcoming his revulsion, he leapt from
Author’s Note: The following letter is correspondence from a tempter demon on earth to the father of lies, Satan. Everything that Satan says in reply
It is easy to become self-righteous, or defensive, when a Christian feels attacked by atheists. However, indignant arrogant rants that bludgeon others with the ‘truth’
British woman who joined ISIS calls for beheading of Christians Headline, Christian Today, September 1st, 2014 New York man charged with hate crimes for seven
Every year, as October comes around, many breast cancer victims like me find themselves inwardly groaning. How can efforts purportedly for our benefit be so
Am I the only one that did not see this coming? This week, on Oct. 6, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand appellate rulings in
One fine day, bouncing along the potholes of a boulevard in New York, the driver of the car in which I was a passenger proclaimed
I found a magical lamp when I was a little girl. I’m not sure exactly how old I was, but my guess is about 8
I have always been fairly indifferent to the hits my blog posts receive, possibly since blogging makes up 0.00000 % of my income. However, over the
When our children are young, their doctors are our partners. They guide and aid us in ensuring our children are as healthy as possible. Unfortunately,
In part I, we looked at what forgiveness was and wasn’t. But along with prayer and receiving the Sacraments for aid, how can we put it
I love weekday morning Mass at my church. It is personal, loving, and closer to what I think the Masses must have been like for
I went to see “When the Game Stands Tall,” the “football movie” as I called it, when I purchased my ticket from the woman at
How many times have you heard this statement before? The Catholic Church is mentioned in conversation and all anyone can say is, “The Church is
There have been times when I realized a day was a Holy Day of Obligation and I bristled at the idea of fitting Mass into
Home for me is a 16 foot travel trailer at a camping “resort” in San Antonio, Texas. One afternoon last week, I was sitting in
My husband called on his way home from work, tired and hungry. He had been in Atlanta since before the sun came up, and now
The Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard once wrote: If I could prescribe just one remedy for all the ills of the modern world, I would prescribe
