“What do you mean you don’t care? Don’t you want justice for your daughter?” The fury in the Assistant State Attorney’s voice vibrated in my
The eve of Advent may seem to be one of the least propitious junctures at which to raise the likely all-time least-favorite theological issue of
The meaning of the Sunday Mass Readings for December 2023 is made clearest by Catholic Doctrine. Let’s learn the doctrines supported in the Catechism of
On November 10th at 6:30 a.m. God called my Mother safely home. A woman of deep faith with a heart of gold, I have no
Dymphna was the only child of a pagan king who is believed to have ruled a section of Ireland in the 7th century. She was
Many Catholics love the Advent season for its twofold purpose. One purpose of the season is to prepare for celebrating the anniversary of when Christ
My parish just celebrated the Feast of Christ the King on Sunday, October 29, as first instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 on the
If you watch or listen to what passes for mainstream news today, you will often hear from experts. It seems we need experts to enlighten
There are more than a few different schools of thought about The Gift of Tears. Before I wade into that, let me be clear about
A man was diagnosed with an expanding aortic aneurysm, the kind that could pop at any minute which would mean almost instant death. He got
Leo Tolstoy said that although Christian intellectuals rise to great heights in almost every branch of secular achievement, there is almost always a serious discrepancy
With Christmas only a month away, I think we need to start making preparations for this special day. How do we make preparations? We could
By R.A Capone One only shall be your teacher, Christ (Mt 23, 10). The authority of the Church is from Christ who at His Ascension
It gets dark so early now. Here in New England, the sun is setting well before dinnertime. I wake in the morning to a dark,
I was recently able to reconnect with a friend of mine and was pleasantly surprised to find that he had grown a great deal in
Divine Mercy, the Key to Jesus’ Heart The Divine Mercy of Jesus Christ is infinitely greater than all of the sins ever committed by mankind.
For our fortieth wedding anniversary, my husband and I traveled to New England. Autumn leaves painted the Berkshires and the Green Mountains like a multicolored
“Begin again.” Good advice from Venerable Bruno Lanteri, founder of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary. If we’ve been away from the Church, no matter
There are tens of thousands of different Christian churches in our world today. Each of them professes to have the inside track on attaining eternal
Looking to what could be as a means to give what is. A homemade box crafted from spare delivery packages and a piece of my
In Part 1, we learned that while Americans report wanting larger families, societal and economic factors prevent them from achieving their ideal family size. Catholics
A recent poll from Gallup found that “Americans’ belief that the ideal family size includes three or more children has been rising steadily in recent
