Parents should explain to their children, at an appropriate age, and in a nonthreatening manner, the reality of evil and the devil. One can even
Our primary goal in life is to get to Heaven. Everything is secondary to this. Earthly problems fade away, but Heaven and Hell are forever.
Recently, a local young man, 19 years of age, died in a tragic accident. I was blessed to serve at a memorial Mass for him.
As I sat in the Church, yesterday afternoon, and looked up towards the ornate roof, just before the Mass started, I thought about how many
Out of all the euphemisms for dying, “meet your maker” is the most intriguing from a Christian perspective. The word “death”, used alone, seems too
Death has been on my mind a lot lately. This week I heard about the deaths of two people, one from my graduating class in
Of all the words to describe the process of death, victory would be the last one on the list for most of us. Death to
“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
Media vita in morte sumus Quem quaerimus ad iutorem nihi site domine Qui pro peccatis nostris Sancte Deus, sancte fortis Sancte misericor salvator Amare mortis
“Remember, Oh man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return.” This phrase from the Ash Wednesday liturgy – the Consolatio – may
We often hear people comforting a grieving friend or loved one at a wake or funeral say, “He (or she) is in heaven with Jesus
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). We say many “comforting” things to people in “mourning.” Still, I have discovered
I got reminded two months ago that Death is coming for me. The cardiologist, who had incidentally diagnosed my late mother’s atrial fibrillation, told me
I recently went to a funeral at a very large Methodist Church for a neighbor who had become a friend. While the Protestant service was very
Does God forgive deathbed converts? Of course. This shouldn’t even be a head-scratcher. However, some people don’t take kindly to the notion that God might
Over the last two years, all of us witnessed politicians trying to out-do each other with respect to safety. Keeping everyone safe from a microscopic
After the sixties music expanded our minds, and before disco and stadium rock dominated the airwaves, the singer-songwriter genre took a firm hold in the
Fifteen times it is that I have had the privilege – the blessing – of having a child in my womb for the past almost
November is traditionally considered the month of the faithful departed because November 2nd is the day entirely dedicated to prayer for all those who are
I belong to a particular club that no parent wants to belong to. The one titled “I lost a child.” It really doesn’t matter whether
We who are on uncovered ground, Voices sounding in the desert, We the desert, we deserted, We who are sure of our suffering.[i] This Sunday,
The death of a loved one is perhaps the most difficult of life’s circumstances. It’s a pain that never goes away. I know this for
