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
I do have to admit that I am extremely jealous of Joseph Bottum. He was actually paid by the Luce Foundation to write a very
I confess. Somehow in this culture it seems like a weak little phrase. It lacks self-confidence. It suggests that you are not going to defend
TGIF . . . Who has not heard that expression of weekly survival signaling weekend revival? My research indicates that the expression coalesced from the popular celebrations of the completion
If you think that 3 x 4 = 12, you might want to think again. With the new Common Core Curriculum Math, 3 x 4 can
This is a commentary on a fine article by Adam Drozdek (Associate Professor of Computer Science at Duquesne University), an article that has great insights
This week, we\’ve had some great role models for priests. St. John Eudes and Pope St. Pius X, both great men of holiness, men who
Robert McClory recently wrote an article for the National Catholic* Reporter, opining that Pope Francis should revisit the question of the morality of birth control.
My blog title, Little Catholic Bubble, is a bit tongue-in-cheek. I love my faithful Catholic friends, but I also enjoy engaging the left, mostly secular
I was just standing there looking into the foyer of the Cathedral to see if the door opened as a man pulled the handle. It
This week’s Gospel will likely have much less understanding or “willingness to accept” as the past few weeks. I believe that it was easier to
As Catholics, we are often leery of personal revelation because we are afraid of the being deceived but really, do we trust more in the
