At times it may seem that the pursuit of virtue is little attended to in our current culture. Instead, virtue signaling seems to be more
Background: NYC Was the One-Time Home to the First U.S. Saints In 1946, Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first U.S. citizen that the Church
The meaning of the Sunday Mass Readings for April 2024 is made clearest by Catholic Doctrine. Doctrines are the Magisterium’s authoritative, essentially unchangeable clarifications of
A little more than a year ago, Pope Francis finished a series of fourteen Wednesday audiences dedicated to the theme of discernment. The series seems
In the Pro-Choice vs. Pro-Life debate, the allegory in the Biblical story of David and Goliath offers some context. And this deeper layer of understanding
G.K. Chesterton said of progressives, “They insist on talking about Birth Control when they mean less birth and no control” (“The Thing,” Chapter 6, Obstinate
This is the seventh in a series of articles aimed at helping you to get your lapsed Catholic loved one going to Church again and
The Resurrection, means that Jesus has been swept up out of the world of space and time in which he’d lived before, not to leave
Has the Lenten Season helped you to grow in your relationship with God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit? I wish I could
This Lent I had the blessing of reading M.C. Holbrook’s book of reflections on the daily Mass readings, The Safe Haven: Scriptural Reflections for the
Part I Let me return to telling the wonderous experience I had in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. After the midnight Office I went
St. In Luke 10:41-42, Jesus speaks to his friend and hostess, “…Martha, Martha, you are anxious and upset about many things, when only one thing
Stretching from Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday, Holy Week is the pre-eminent week in the Church’s entire year, with its final days plus Easter Sunday
It happened again. My words upset the one who heard them. Why is it so? That I am unable to control my emotions and my
This is the sixth in a series of articles aimed at helping you to get your lapsed Catholic loved one going to Church again and
Discouragement is common among human beings, a feeling very much encouraged by our enemy, the devil. When we hurt, and experience emotional pain, Satan wants
When I was a young man, I received a phone call from Fr Kenneth Campbell, a Franciscan Priest whom I first met after a talk
One of my favorite saints, who I personally believe is one of the greatest saints in history (and I know others will surely agree), is
I was randomly mulling over poetry recently and the words to the short poem My Garden by Thomas Edward Brown came to mind: A garden
We abstain from meat at a parish fish fry by enjoying a heaping plate of fries, crispy double-battered haddock with tartar sauce and a coke
Bob Blundell, a former columnist at Catholic Stand has written a book, “Crossroads – A Journey from Communist China to Christ”. Bob brings one of
Being all-knowing is one of the many attributes ascribed to Almighty God. This attribute underscores the reality that God is constant, thus never changing. Today,
