Christian persecution is spreading like a plague! Across the globe and on every continent, the Body of Christ is being oppressed, kidnapped, jailed, tortured and
“Fight all error, but do it with good humor, patience, kindness and love. Harshness will damage your own soul and spoil the best cause.” -St.
There have been perhaps a gazillion or two marriages since God ordained the Sacrament, as well as time and space and everything else He created. However, I could be
The reason that a person would want to walk down the middle of a city street in one of the two largest U.S. marches, either
Merry Christmas to all! I do hope you are continuing to celebrate the entire season of Christmas. The traditional twelve days of Christmas climaxes with
“Don’t judge me!” A flabbergasted wrinkle joins my forehead. Wait. What? I was just relating to a friend how the Church changed my mind about
In his 1990 encyclical, Redemptoris Missio, Pope Saint John Paul II writes: “God is opening before the Church the horizons of a humanity more fully
Imagine finding yourself in a hostile land. It has a history of being violently hostile to everything Christian – person and property. What do you do
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
There’s someone out there you want to see safely home in the Catholic Church, right? Someone you know would be the next St. Augustine, if
In late December 1668, in a contest held at the Chinese Bureau of Astronomy, the Jesuit Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688) correctly predicted the length of a
I urge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, and that there be
I started a new job a couple weeks ago, and I happen to be in the office on Wednesday mornings. I walked into my office,
“Non in dialectica placuit Deo salvum facere populum suum” (“It is not by arguing that God chose to save His people”). -St. Ambrose “Fortunately, there
Teach me, LORD, your way that I may walk in your truth. (Ps 86:11) Sounds simple, doesn’t it? I can’t imagine any Christian looking at
If you are like me, the first time you heard that the laity could be members of a religious order, what went through your
If you’ve been on social media long enough, you’re familiar with expert tips on what makes for popular blog posts and most clicked or re-tweeted
Not all spiritual learning happens in schools, and in fact, the greatest of the saints didn’t amass their holiness from a scholarly institution. When it
“Everyone should be able to experience the joy of being loved by God, the joy of salvation! It is a gift that one cannot keep
Pope Francis makes me uncomfortable. There…I said it! Somehow I think that I\’m not the only one who feels this way. Every time the Holy
I had a conversation with my mom the other day. She was urging me to try to find a different parish, because although I love
If you\’ve read my thoughts on evangelization and cheese, you might not be surprised when I say that evangelistic efforts can\’t lack quality. Regardless of
The New Evangelization has been called many things, but cheesy is not one of them, and this is a shame. If the New Evangelization is
