My Language Arts students are currently finishing up their respective research papers. One of the instructions which I give them is that they are not
For years, Catholic Answers has produced a helpful voters’ guide on the five non-negotiable moral issues for Catholics. It is good but in the years
Justice is simply defined as giving one his or her “due.” It means rendering to people what you owe them. What do we owe others?
Forty years ago I was challenged by a Canoness. I had just finished a weekend course on personal prayer at the retreat centre that I ran
You have probably heard the old philosophical question, “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, does it still make a sound?”
The transgender bathroom issue is a red herring obscuring the agenda propagated by the media, educators, and political agitators. We have been led by the
A Quote From the Holy Father Pope Francis “May the Church be a place of God’s mercy and hope, where all feel welcomed, loved, forgiven
“Get thee to a nunnery; why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?” The line from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1, is spoken
Someone showed me a video online a few weeks ago and I have not been able to get the scene out of my mind. It
Scrupulosity, in the Catholic sense, is the tendency to focus on our sins too much, forgetting Our Redeemer and His mercy in the process.
Although most respectable members of our parishes try to look healthy and content in public, mental illness is as common and invisible among the faithful as it
Catholics who are not big on history may probably not be aware of the amount of anti-Catholic animus that existed in the U.S. from the
In last week’s column, I shared a most painful and debilitating event in my family’s life. I waited two-and-a-half years to publish our story; not
Twitter can be a harsh place. I get responses daily to my tweets that might make your hair rise on end. Here’s the most negative
I am supposed to be a spiritual theologian, at least that’s what some people call me, but sometimes I feel that I know nothing at
When speaking to groups of Catholics, or sharing one-on-one, I often ask, “Are you consecrated to Mary?” And the large majority of the time the
Have you ever seen this t-shirt logo: “The Church/Bible teaches it. I believe it. That settles it”? It is a rather pithy and provocative turn
Truth Truth is what is. Truth is the real. We error-prone and sometimes reality-denying human beings have the truth when what we think about corresponds
Don’t be so certain you’ll never change. When I was in college the one thing I was absolutely sure of was that I would always
Every time I read about a Catholic institution honoring someone who harbors contrary views to the Church, I cringe. Now, I realize I should be
The philosopher Heraclitus once said: “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not
One of St. Augustine’s most oft-quoted writings, “…our hearts are restless until they can find rest in you.”, was penned after more than a decade
In a recent column, I discussed the definition of truth as “what is.” Truth is the equation of thought and thing. It is the conformity
I held the pregnancy testing stick in my hand, praying not to see the second line but I didn’t have to look down to know
