Manliness. Thanks to websites like the Art of Manliness, Catholic Gentlemen, Whiskey Catholic and many others, the internet is a buzz with discussion of what
Have you ever read a book where you find yourself talking out loud in response to what you\’re reading? Simcha Fisher\’s The Sinner\’s Guide to
Transmitting human life is serious business. Not only that, transmitting human life is a *most* serious business. Pope Paul VI says in the opening line
As I drive around town shuttling kids to and fro, I pass by one or more Catholic churches. On my good days, I remember Who
Imagine this scenario: You are a young girl. You are full of love for others from the tiniest and most defenseless to their mothers who
I had a previous topic planned, but after a few days in Las Vegas, I changed my mind. This city is one of a few
“I’m sorry, but it’s terminal,” your doctor says. “You have very little time left—a couple months at best.” What would you do? Take all of
Whether you’re a stay-home parent, working for someone else, are starting out in a business or in an established business, a lot of people feel
A weekly task in this household involves a trip to the dry cleaner. Because this chore falls to me and has for over a decade,
The idiotic anti-Catholic celebration of Guy Fawkes Day, observed each November fifth, was effectively ended in America during the Revolution, in large part due to George
What would be the absolute worst thing that could happen to a nice Protestant girl? Why Mary, the Blessed Virgin, would do a little interior
Surely Wendy Davis has been saying her prayers and with the latest Federal Judge ruling the Texas anti-abortion law unconstitutional in key parts, perhaps she
If someone asked me for a short summary of Blessed Pope John Paul II’s Catecheses on Human Love (Theology of the Body), I would probably
I don’t go to Halloween parties. I drive a cab in New York City all night and I witness a freak show every night of
Although we’d rather not admit it, many of us worry (or are tempted to worry) each day of our lives. One of the reasons that
Not all spiritual learning happens in schools, and in fact, the greatest of the saints didn’t amass their holiness from a scholarly institution. When it
This year for Halloween snacks, Mom bought a box of 18 packages of bat- and pumpkin-shaped pretzels. If this year follows the pattern of
The Liturgical Year of Faith 2013 is winding down and one can’t help speculating what Pope Francis will proclaim the year 2014 to be? Let’s first start with the…
“Everyone should be able to experience the joy of being loved by God, the joy of salvation! It is a gift that one cannot keep
I will sheepishly admit the first few times I was called an \”angel\” in the course of my work, I probably internally basked in whatever
I found out I was an adopted child when I was six or seven years old. Years later when I struggled with an addiction to
The physicist, Stephen M. Barr, has addressed the question of whether quantum physics makes it easier to believe in God. He has answered that it
