In this series of posts HOW TO FIND FAITH AT THE MOVIES, John invites readers to take a hero’s journey in search of faith through
During a recent homily, the priest told a story that I feel is extremely profound and important for today, perhaps even more so than he
Yes, I decorated Saint Patrick’s Church for Christmas. Not Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan, or Old Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on Mulberry Street down in Soho,
I have been slow in reading Pope Francis\’ Letter Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel) on the New Evangelization. Thankfully, there are movements in the Catholic
I’ve been writing and blogging my way through life and faith at Just Showing Up for close to eight years now. What began as a free
Like everyone else I make New Year\’s resolutions every year. Some years are better than others, but I have yet to complete a year with
Pope Francis shakes me up. Not in a worldly, materialistic way like when I lost my twenty dollar subway and bus pass last week, or
“The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.” Galileo Galilei “Certain it is that a conviction, akin
What is the American equivalent of what the Russian’s called a Gulag? A familiar word to Americans, because of our cold war relations with the
On November 26, 2013, I uttered words that still echo in my mind, words which felt true even if everything that followed refuted that feeling.
In the Old Testament, the Azazel goat, translated as scapegoat, was one of two goats chosen for a ceremony on The Day of Atonement. The
On the first day of every Basic Communication college course I teach, I stress that when communicating it is essential to be clear. This may
Between the summers of 1849 and 1850, throughout the Midwest, people were dying from one of the worst cholera epidemics the region would ever see.
I do not regret this year coming to a close. For me, 2013 will always be the year when my beloved son, Lawrence C. McClarey, died at
Amid this selfie society, so immersed in our preoccupation, nay, our obsession with our personal agendas, it might be refreshing to consider the lessons found
People of a certain age ought to remember the routine that made comedian Jeff Foxworthy a household name. And I’ll give just one example:
Never in my worst nightmares did I ever think I’d one day be lying on an operating table, voluntarily submitting my body and my baby
God rest ye merry, gentlemen Let nothing you dismay. Remember, Christ, our Savior Was born on Christmas day. To save us all from Satan\’s power
“In admiring the virtues of the saints, we are only admiring the virtues of Christ.” ~~Saint John Marie Baptiste Vianney~~ Few people would think of
“Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.” (Mk 10:15) Children can be
[This article is the third in a continuing series on Humanae Vitae. Last time I examined the question of what the Church means by responsible
Recently, I got this shot in the arm of uproariously good news from listening to an interview with author Rodney Stark on September 2 Kresta In
