It seems there is far too little affection in the world. In Holy Scripture, we are repeatedly instructed to exercise affection towards others, “Salute all
“Non in dialectica placuit Deo salvum facere populum suum” (“It is not by arguing that God chose to save His people”). -St. Ambrose “Fortunately, there
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything
I don’t want to argue about the reality of the communion of saints, both the living and the dead. I just want to encourage believers and seekers
My goal is to show how the Catholic Church made the rational judgment, after serious investigation, that one man received a miracle of healing through
Conspiracy Theories and Catholicism is a series of posts about things like albino assassin monks, secret Bible books, pagan Santas and secret councils— popular culture
Driving a cab in New York City gives one the opportunity to witness nightly the Miracle of the Multiplication of the Adulterers. Every year there
King David tells his son Solomon: Take Courage. Be a Man. (1 Kings 2:2). It\’s a great one-liner and a bestowal of manhood from a
“…the Church is always the only thing defending whatever is at the moment stupidly despised.” —G.K. Chesterton, The Catholic Church and Conversion, 1926] “But every
According to some of the commenters on Dr. Kaczor\’s post “Does the Catholic Church Hate Women?” at Strange Notions, I\’m just an oppressed victim of
“Every child a wanted child” has to be one of the more insidious pro-abortion slogans. Think about this silly little euphemism for a second. There
I was blessed a couple of weeks ago to chaperone a pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, and to
I admire devout Christians living godly lives. Without the help of the Catholic Church and the Sacraments, I’m not sure I would make the cut.
I\’ve looked at clouds from both sides now; From up and down, and still somehow It\’s cloud illusions I recall; I really don\’t know clouds
How happy really are we today? How do we define that we have really \’lived\’? We live in a marketing led world – a place of big
Watching an Amish documentary last Sunday, I heard the following exchange: Among a busload of visitors to Amish Country, someone asked an Amish gentleman, \”What\’s
My biggest vice, fortunately, is not an addiction. Well, at least not in the traditional use of the word. My informal diagnosis – although my
I once asked a priest what my life would have been like if I had not experienced suffering, if I had married a well-off dentist,
\”You call him Dumb Ox? This Dumb Ox will fill all the world with his bellowing.\” -Saint Albert the Great, responding to jibes from some
Every Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, across the country, the question is heard from little voices: “When is it Children’s Day?” Mothers and Fathers laugh
“…But I say to you: Whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (Mt. 5:28) I
Another year, the 10th to be exact, just this last Saturday on a beautiful warm California day, the weather was great, the message was the
