Sunday mornings can be tough for parents. Getting the kids up and ready for Mass is always a challenge, but then the real adventure
Every morning I take time to read about the Saint of the Day on the Laudate app. What inspirations the saints are! For those
A World-Wide Celebration On December 8, 2015, Pope Francis declared the current liturgical year to be a celebration of God’s mercy by proclaiming it as “The
I Am Not More Holy than You Many people these days look at women who choose to practice the devotion of veiling as ‘holier than thou’ –
These words from St. Bonaventure begin one of St. John Paul II’s contributions to the Catholic Church, his encyclical, Fides et Ratio (FR): Faith and
Here Is a Good Part of Me For decades, I stood up in Church, often, and said “I have greatly sinned,” and then went out
The death, anguish, and destruction caused by the recent upsurge (measured in decades) in savage violence in the name of Islam has caused us to
Back in 1958, in the still early days of Rock ‘N Roll, Don and Phil Everly, the Everly Brothers, released a song entitled “Problems.”
Americans today have become health conscious. We are been conditioned by society – and perhaps for good reason – to start ‘working out,’ or at
Making the most of the gifts God has given to me. Putting them at the service of God, the Church, and society. Many Gifts, No? God
Pope Francis “tweeted” the following statement about prayer a couple years ago: “The one who listens attentively to the word of God and truly prays
Spend ten minutes watching the news, searching the Internet, or reading the paper and one is likely to become disgusted and discouraged. Our response can
One of the downsides to surfing the internet is that we can get bombarded by mixed messages on a whole range of topics. News junkies
Back in high school, my shop teacher had us recite the abbreviated version Reinhold Niebuhr’s Serenity Prayer, the first sentence of the prayer popularized by
For a long time I have perceived myself as someone who loved to think, even if my thoughts tended to pop up at odd times.
Being a Catholic has always been a central part of my life. Though leaving the Catholic Church has never crossed my mind, explaining why I
One Saturday morning about a year and a half ago I attended training to volunteer at the local county jail. During the training, the deputy
Love is a Decision I heard a reference from one of the saints that “love is a decision”. In our culture and in Hollywood, love is
The world of Catholic spirituality is, in a word, immense. Contemplative, Ignatian, Dominican, Carmelite- you get the idea. Yet as I spent time looking for
The Mass readings for this last Sunday, August 7, have as their common theme trust in the Lord. Another word for this trust is
About a month ago, during the Euro Cup, I was impressed reading a few pieces in the press about Mesut Özil, an extremely talented Muslim
There are evil things that some people really, really want to do. There are some people who not only want to do evil things but also
