There is an interesting linguistic phenomenon called “false friends.” They are a bane of middle school foreign language learners – and often even those beyond.
Because of annoyance, bickering, contention and other dysfunctional behaviors, far too many families look for ways to avoid spending time together as families. Perhaps some
Catholic medical ethics puts Deuteronomy 30:11-20 into action by putting clarity into charity. I have long been concerned about the witness of Catholic health care
Last month, I offered some thoughts on forgiveness. The subject seems to have resonated with quite a few people. It also gave rise to a
Stories our elders tell us are often meant to be instructive. Such was the case with a story a neighbor once told me. When I
How often it is that teachers learn as much from the lesson as the students do? Preparing for RCIA class last month, I read over
In the summer of 2017, during the centennial anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima, our family made a local pilgrimage for the purpose of obtaining
Let’s face it, when it comes to the Covid-19 vaccine there are those who are for it and those who are against it. No one
Several years ago in one of his many talks, Bishop Robert Barron remarked that a great retreat could be written on the questions asked by
For some time now my family and I have been attending Mass in the Extraordinary Form – also known as the Tridentine Mass or the
I do not know who the Jones’s are, but I keep hearing how everyone wants to keep up with them. I have to wonder ‘why?’
I believe it is essential to recognize that we have received numerous gifts from God such as little blessings each day, great miracles, and personal
Anyone 35 or older should remember the “WWJD” bracelet trend that swept the U.S. for a time in the 1990s. It’s too bad the trend
Today as I make preparation to attend a holiday celebration with my family, it is not without trepidation. Why do I feel this way? Well,
For a few years, I have done my charitable work at a restaurant for the less fortunate in my city. We serve lunch and dinner
Like a lot of people, I would like to lose weight, but I never found diet and exercise programs to be the easiest undertakings in
Yesterday our family went to a friend’s house for the afternoon. Since the weather was pleasant, we went for a hike on the surrounding farmland
Most Catholics, most Christians in fact, even people who are only passingly familiar with the Bible, know the story of the Good Samaritan. Found in
When we look around there seems to be great unrest everywhere in the world. This unrest manifests itself in sadness, emptiness, uncertainty, anxiety, fear, lawlessness, disorderliness,
“Pride — it gets ’em every time,” chortles Satan (Al Pacino) at the end of the 1997 film The Devil’s Advocate. Indeed, it does; of
Wrath — an old-fashioned word, today almost used only in reference to God’s anger and in “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, from which novelist John
Sloth — for some of us, it’s a tree-dwelling mammal, especially the dimwitted but loveable Sid from Twentieth Century Fox’s Ice Age franchise. For others,