There is a lot of talk in the church these days about mercy verses the truth, or what is also known as love verses the
Last year, I found myself in a terrible position. It was a Sunday morning and I was preparing to take my kids to Mass.
When I lived in the Midwest, Fall was the time when my wife and I headed to the local orchard to pick apples. We would arrive at
Fear, anxiety, dread, embarrassment. These are all emotions one may feel when faced with having to go to confession. This is not how it needs
Bless Me Father, For I Have Sinned. “Bless me Father, for I have sinned. It has been…” Words known even before my First Communion rush back
Currently, I am reading two books. One was given to me as a penance to be read slowly, a page or two at time. The other,
Confession. Sin. Reconciliation. Do those words strike fear in you? We may know that we are supposed to go to the Sacrament of Confession at least
The first time I actually realized I had an anger issue was about a year ago while attending a retreat. A deacon (now priest) prayed
The Mercy of God is a mystery. Even for someone like me who has had it poured into my life for the last five years.
“If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. If you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.”
There is a serious Catholic “man-crisis”: The pews have fewer Catholic men in them than ever before. The New Emangelization Project (NewEmangelization.com) has documented the
Early one brisk January evening a few years ago, I was driving to a speaking engagement at a parish in North Seattle. As I exited
Of all the gifts Holy Mother Church has bestowed on us, one of the greatest is the saints. These ordinary men and women, who
According to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), at any given time, approximately 3 % of adults have major depression, also
It’s Holy Week. We commemorate civilization being forever changed. Once upon a time, a cross was a medieval weapon of torture, humiliation and oppression.
“Yet even now – oracle of the Lord – return to me with your whole heart… For he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger,
My bride and I went to Confession last week on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, and once again I pitied the poor priest who had
Can the infinite and eternal God become small enough to fit inside of us, body, blood, soul and divinity? The ENTIRE Christ, not an abstract
As Holy Mother Church plans the World Meeting of Families, my husband and I are approaching our 40th wedding anniversary. As a child bride of
Author’s Note: Recently, I had a conversation with a high school friend of mine, concerning how people rarely think about the reality of hell, and
What Are “Casual Catholic Men”? There is a Catholic “man-crisis.” Large numbers of Catholic men, while not rejecting the faith explicitly, have implicitly rejected the faith
The cool waters of the shoreline keep lapping at my ankles, and I sink deeper into the spiky sand with the pull of each outgoing
