Last week was Holy Week. Churches around the entire globe waited in prayerful vigil, with lights dimmed, all images covered with the congregation in respectful, somber
Perhaps there are braver men than Walter Ciszek, but they don\’t come readily to mind. Hard enough to be brave for a short period when
Learning how to celebrate small achievements in your business lets you persevere more and fuel you through the good and bad times.
On this holy and sad day known as Good Friday, we will have many opportunities to reflect on the suffering of Christ. While this is
Divine Mercy is a great mystery of our faith. The very God of the universe, the Lord God Almighty, has deemed to humble Himself for
The continuous setbacks and attacks on religious liberty that plague men and women of faith in the United States and across the world require responses and actions
Dear God. First, the frenzied, howling Sanhedrin. Slapping, punching, spitting all the while … perhaps kicking him if he fell. During the night watch,
I felt guilty as I told my five-year old daughter that we weren’t going to pray the rosary one night. She had come to me
\”Easter changes everything for us, too. We know that life is stronger than death. Love is stronger than hatred. Hope stronger than despair. We know
God gives us all opportunities to be a witness to Him, but Dr. Victor Ajluni wrote a wonderful column illustrating the sacredness of the places
Lent, what a season! For some it brings dread, for others it is a time to strengthen their walk with God, and still others it
Whether we will or not, we must suffer…There are two ways of suffering — to suffer with love, and to suffer without love. The saints
Peter Kreeft recently presented an essay on the theme that, in his claim to be God, the historical Jesus of Nazareth could not have been wrong
I’m not one of those twelve million readers who bought the book Heaven is For Real and torpedoed it to the New York Times\’ Bestseller
So here we are again—approaching Holy Week. A most splendid—the most splendid week of the year! Yes, Christmas brings us the infant God made man, but
Sometimes, it’s good to get a fresh perspective. When we’ve seen the same thing, the same way, over and over again, it can get stale
It’s hard to write humor these days. You come up with an idea for a list of funny things to give up for Lent, and
On the day I graduated from medical school, I took an oath that includes the famous words: “First do no harm.” I am happy to
American political debates can focus on any number of things, from abortion to religious freedom to foreign policy. On some issues there are great differences
\”If God is so good and loving, if He\’s really there at all, why didn\’t He answer my prayer?\” This question has been asked by
In the days leading up to Good Friday, Jesus was encountered by two different kinds of mobs that had entirely different responses to him and
There seems to be a case of the “gimmie-gimmies” going around. While the First Amendment is essentially on trial before the Supreme Court, a student group
