I’ve had an extraordinarily good year. By any rational standard, every year of my life has been good, but this year in particular I have
There is rising darkness, chaos and disorder all around us today. This is happening both outside of the Church as well as within. It is
A peacemaker can make enemies friends. Peacemaking and Friendship Friendship is at the root of everything good. Once God creates a person like you or
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not
The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary conclude with two events, the Assumption of Mary into heaven, and her Coronation as Queen of all Creation (meaning
These days, we often view our faith as something private, something that’s just between us and God. We go to Church on Sundays, we say
I entered the Catholic Church in 2010, but my wife and I turned slowly away from the popular ideological goals and dreams of this world
Back in the early 1900s The St. Anthony of Padua chapel railroad car traversed North America bringing the Sacraments to folks in areas of the
I once had a priest tell me, after I spent a while explaining to him all the concerns I had running through my head as
I will never forget the trauma which my vision problems gave me growing up. I had myopia and astigmatism which made every eye test a
“Who did you bring with you?” That, Dear Reader, is the question God will supposedly ask us Christians when we beg admittance to the Heavenly
Edel Quinn was an unlikely missionary and servant of God. Young, single, female, and knowingly living out her last few years with an incurable case
In the book of Luke, an expert in the law asks, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus responds with the parable of the Good Samaritan.
“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?” Five Man Electric
“Do not be afraid to be holy! Have the courage and humility to present yourselves to the world determined to be holy, since full, true
I have been pondering what seems to be the tension between loving the sinner and following the law. Often times we call people Pharisees if
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. For the past five months I’ve been writing about the Beatitudes in order to understand them
Watching Bishop Robert Barron’s new series Catholicism: The Pivotal Players which focuses on the Saints can be an antidote to the poison that is sometimes in
Do you ever read about the saints and wonder: “Could I do it? Could I possibly endure such agony for Christ?” Fortunately, most of us
Summer is a time we invite family and friends over for dinner often. The sun sets later and evenings are warm. It is an ideal
A few years back I was visiting a friend when a man in a sparkling white uniform walked out of my friend’s home. When my
I have written before that my spiritual life is owed to Mary. A few years ago, after a long period of lapsed faith, I felt
