Hattip to Pat McNamara of Patheos for his post on General Longstreet’s conversion which inspired this post. General Lee referred to James “Pete” Longstreet as
“Many well-meaning people think same-sex marriage is just about equality and spreading the benefits of marriage. Its more radical supporters know it’s about destroying marriage
Tomorrow is Father\’s Day and dads all over the country will receive cliche gifts – ties, beer, barbecue tongs, or shirts – just to name
All I ever wanted in my life was to be loved. I don’t really remember what age I was when I decided that being loved
You’re on vacation, zip open your suitcase and slap your forehead when you realize that you forgot to pack your sunhat, flip-flops, band-aids, and lipstick
If you’ve got about four hours to spare — better make it five, for the occasional break — watch all four parts of the 2002
“It’s okay. You made a mistake. You’re still learning,” said a little boy no more than 3 feet tall. In what must have been his
At our parish, we have a beautiful practice that our priest instituted when he came five years ago. Each Sunday a family is asked to
I love to watch the EWTN show The Journey Home where converts are interviewed and have a chance to tell their stories. It is common
Pentecost, the birth of the Body of Christ, the Holy Catholic Church, where the disciples were filled with such an intense feeling and fire to
If liturgical awareness begins about age six, only those of us fifty years and older remember the Latin Mass, which preceded the introduction of the
” . . . the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings”. Gerard Manley Hopkins “Your soul is the
Everybody loves a story with a hero’s victorious ending. Folks rally around watching with sustained interest dramatic battles between good guys and bad guys, or
Joel recently completed a sacramental theology course for his diaconate studies. One of the questions on the final exam was: Outline a marriage preparation program
How often do we go to Mass? Some of us go daily, others weekly. Still others show up for Christmas, Easter, weddings and funerals. I
My fiancee and I have been taking classes on Natural Family Planning as part of our marriage preparation. Going into it, I knew the basic
Is it really? What about traveling, going out at night and working on your career? Don’t kids put a damper on relationships? As with anything
“Wait, you’re Catholic? Uh…why are you playing Dungeons and Dragons? Your church doesn’t allow that.” This question was actually asked by a Cradle Catholic
What used to be an annoyance to me has grown into a concern. Some who are hostile to Christianity invoke science not as the fruit
This is the final column in a six-part series on Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI’s profound and heroic 1968 encyclical. The series’ introduction is here.
I urge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, and that there be
Do you dread your work day or some task in your life? Maybe the sole purpose of your eight or twelve hour “cross” is simply
