Live with an outward focus, making God’s will and others’ needs the targets of your attention. God wants to use each of us for His
The need for truly Catholic schools is urgent. Catholic schools have always needed to be the schools that God wants them to be, which is
Some words from the Holy Bible have found themselves in our everyday vocabulary, and it is interesting to study their origins when they were first
At the present hour, humanity is reaping the harmful consequences of relativism and subjective truth. In tandem, they are doing tremendous damage to our culture
Over the centuries Christians have disagreed about which texts constitute Scripture, and about what the contents of the Bible should be. This is the problem
St. Pope John Paul II gave 129 addresses at general audiences from 1979 to 1984, focused on marriage, family, and human sexuality. Biographer George Weigel
The Lord hears the cry of the poor, Blessed be the Lord. I will bless the Lord at all times With praise ever in my
O gracious Lord Jesus Christ, I, a sinner, presuming not on my own merits, but trusting to Thy mercy and goodness, fear and tremble in
While not everyone agrees that we need to be much more concerned about our planet, no one can disagree that environmental ecology is a hot
In my previous article, we looked at why Jesus descended to Abraham’s Bosom but not to Gehenna after His Crucifixion. After exploring this topic, questions
Admit it – we are in the spiritual battle of our time, with authentic Catholics being constantly publicly assaulted because of our beliefs regarding marriage,
The meaning of the Sunday Mass Readings for September 2023 is made clearest by Catholic Doctrine. Let’s learn the doctrines in the Catechism of the
“The family is, so to speak, the domestic church. In it parents should, by their word and example, be the first preachers of the faith
Ice Cream: A sweet frozen dessert, typically made from flavored cream or milk which includes a sweetener, e.g. sugar, or a sugar substitute, and can
The Catechism of the Catholic Church notes that the effect of the reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation “is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit
A while back I saw a man standing on a subway platform with his guide dog. He appeared to need some assistance, so I asked
As a cradle Catholic, I used to take the sacraments for granted until I was asked to teach others about them. As I began reading
Happy belated Christmas in July. As we draw through these scorching days of summer, finally approaching the end of the bell curve of summer heat,
“Ugh! That road isn’t very safe at all! You know what they used to call it? The road of death!” This is how a parishioner
During one of my lectures, I was busily boring the class to death with stories of the Desert Fathers when one teenage girl started chanting,
Many of us have heard people argue that the lessons presented in the Bible are old fashioned and outdated, especially the Book of Genesis. The
When Our Lord tells us to “take up your cross daily,” what does He mean? What do we, or what should we, mean when we
