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
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
Looking at the insurmountable pain and sufferings that weighs down humanity all over the world, sometimes it is hard to understand that He is Emmanuel-
My brother and I could be rambunctious children. There were times our rowdiness more than made up for the fact there was only two of
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.
I confess. Somehow in this culture it seems like a weak little phrase. It lacks self-confidence. It suggests that you are not going to defend
Some stories are better left untold. I am about to say was filed under that category for the past sixteen months. But I have come
