You learn a lot about a person from tributes at their passing. Someone I much admired left us in January. Two phrases I continue to
Repentance, in my opinion, is something we do not hear enough of. In sacred scripture we read of the great heroes of faith constantly turning
Throughout her Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul, Jesus told St. Faustina Kowalska that we, blessed souls, are now living in the Time of Mercy.
It is always tragic to see someone commit spiritual suicide right before your eyes. Apostasy can be a gradual slip into disbelief. Some slide away
The prodigal son parable is a parable about loneliness. This may sound strange since it is usually considered a parable of mercy. However, the two
Where do we find faith and witness Christ? My journey and the grace of God have allowed me to discover the most beautiful theology and
Surrendering to the power of the Holy Spirit can seem like an esoteric activity, something to talk about, write about, and perhaps pray about. It
To my mind, the hardest evangelical question to answer is, “Why should I join the Catholic Church?” This question would not be quite as difficult
Preparing My Heart for Grace Christian music introduced me to the Psalms. Clearly, my catechism was limited. Praise and worship music entered my life around
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself
One of the joys in living in an area like the Diocese of Knoxville, which is approximately 3 percent Catholic, is that there are many
Every year in October, I attend the Connecticut Catholic Men’s Conference, an event that challenges Catholic men to look into their hearts and discover their
Previously I have written that for several years the Lord has placed a vague but efficacious prayer in my heart: Reveal. Whenever confusion reigns in a
Every year, my family and I must make one of the toughest choices ever: where to eat Thanksgiving dinner—with my siblings or with my wife’s
In the first installment in this series I briefly outlined a traditional argument from the Catholic philosophical tradition for the immateriality and, therefore, immortality of
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every
After roughly three years of public ministry, Jesus took Peter, James, and John up a mountain and revealed His glory to them. They had spent
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as
Even if we’ve heard about God’ great mercy, we may unknowingly deprive ourselves of what His love wants to give us, as I’ve discovered in
As we celebrate the Glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, let us also embrace Mary our Blessed Mother who shares in the passion and
In my younger days, I was always a dreamer. I was, and to a certain extent still am someone who enjoys dreaming about all kinds
Attendance at Mass, regular confession, spiritual exercises, fasting, and prayer are wonderful vehicles of grace but if we think pious activities alone will sanctify us,
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” (The Summer Day, Mary Oliver) We are in the midst
We receive the virtue of faith at Baptism, and that faith empowers us to believe in the unseen God. It is the virtue of faith that
