Excerpt from It\’s the Devil, Stupid I don’t know if it’s the rosary beads on my rear view mirror or my (tasteful) “Pray to End
In 1957 comedian Red Skelton was on top of the world. His weekly comedy show on CBS was doing well. He had curtailed the drinking which had
In his recent commencement address, the President of Christendom College, Dr. O’Donnell, reflected that everyone has his “Galilee”, a place where he connected with God
One of my favorite Scripture stories is the Parable of The Vineyard Workers ( Matthew 20:1-16) wherein a landowner pays the exact same pay to
In this series of posts HOW TO FIND FAITH AT THE MOVIES, John invites readers to take a hero’s journey in search of faith through watching movies. As
When I became Catholic I had a lot of questions and a lot of issues with the things that the Catholic Church teaches; I spent
Over the course of our lives, it is inevitable that we will experience suffering. It is also inevitable that this suffering will cause us to
Yesterday I forgot to tweet. Yep, not a single message sent out on the grid. I didn’t post anything on Facebook. Even my hyperactive Instagram
A politician once asked me flat out for bribery money when I clerked for a law firm in the Philippines. I played dumb, quit my
The Communion song this last Sunday at the 11:30 a.m. Mass was “The Servant Song”. One might say it’s one of those Gather Hymnal songs
Recently my son took me out to lunch. As we sat in the booth at the restaurant eating our hamburgers I looked down at my
Now that I\’m getting to a more-healed place in my grief journey, I can look back on this year (the anniversary of my husband’s death
In my August 5th post, I claimed that the foundation of all human knowledge is one’s own personal experience. Further I noted that no one
\”Happy those who feast on wisdom and savor her knowledge, She will nourish and refresh them.\” Happy Those Who Feast on Wisdom, Hymn for the
Leo Tolstoy is frequently quoted from his classic novel Anna Karenina as saying how all happy families are the same, but unhappy families are all
Roughly six months ago, after many prayers, tears and anxious months of waiting, my wife, Miriam, and I learned with great joy that we are
Dear Daughter, Let Miley Cyrus be a lesson to you. Yes, this is what happens when you constantly hear that everything you do is awesome.
When you have a child, one of the popular phrases is “skin to skin contact.” Basically, as much as possible you’re supposed to hold your
The Catechism of the Catholic Church drops this bombshell: Christians of the first centuries said, “The world was created for the sake of the Church.” God created
Upon completing Joseph Bottum\’s now notorious essay in Commonweal, several dozen snarky thoughts crossed my mind, some of which I shared elsewhere. But honestly I
The city I live in thinks my family has a problem with the virtue of orderliness. An inspector has just sent me an “Environmental Violation
Last Saturday, August 17, the Mass readings contained one of my favorite Bible verses. Joshua 24:15, If it is displeasing to you to serve the
