Efforts at living an upright, godly life and following the rules don’t always make life easy. We will inevitably encounter those who don’t appreciate compliance
As the Extraordinary Form of the Mass progressed the priest started to intone the Gospel. He spoke in Latin, reading from the Gospel situated on
The process by which I answered the call to veil myself was slow discernment. As a list maker, I began to weigh the pros and
I started a new job a couple weeks ago, and I happen to be in the office on Wednesday mornings. I walked into my office,
Growing up, I looked up to the saints as the ideal role models. If I wanted to explore or learn about new places, stories of
It began because I\’d put off housecleaning. (It\’s bad for me spiritually to do this because then I get vexed by time constraints in addition
We live in a modern world. We are often blinded by distractions and every now and then we need to be reminded of simple things
It might be premature to announce that we\’ve hit rock bottom, but how much lower can we go? We have become a nation of addicts
How happy really are we today? How do we define that we have really \’lived\’? We live in a marketing led world – a place of big
Teach me, LORD, your way that I may walk in your truth. (Ps 86:11) Sounds simple, doesn’t it? I can’t imagine any Christian looking at
“It’s my life!” a teenager rants. “Then, turning to the talk show host he explains, “That is why I should have the right to kill
Christ turned the world upside-down when he established the Church. His message turned off people in 30 AD, as it still does today. (You may
SEX! Now that I have your attention, this approach was an advertising gimmick in the 80’s. The word SEX, blazoned large and bright, drew
Two years ago, at this time, I was at a county jail waiting to be bailed out. I think of it as the lowest point
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What would be the absolute worst thing that could happen to a nice Protestant girl? Why Mary, the Blessed Virgin, would do a little interior
Reading John Darrouzet\’s recent article \”Do You See Miracles? Our Ruby Story\” inspired this post as it motivated me to share one of my miraculous
Having a parent in a nursing home means meeting new people. And so it was during a recent visit with my elderly parents in Michigan.
Christians everywhere are grieving the loss of sanity through loss of Christian values. Some predict that when things get bad enough, people will come to
As a grad student in journalism, a number of my assignments come in the form of responding to a question, by way of an essay,
It is holy to love our enemy, but we must recognize him. The guy who takes our parking spot, the cranky neighbor, the difficult in-law…they
