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’ –
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
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
Pope Francis made the following statement in a homily a few years ago on the topic of the Holy Spirit in our lives: “This is
Saints come from all walks of life, from all parts of the world, from every age group, from every time period. They offer us concrete
I read a story somewhere once about a church office manager whose job was so stressful that she left to start her own law firm
A Message from the Pope Two years ago in 2014, Pope Francis made the following statement at his Angelus Address at St. Peter’s Square, Vatican
Discovering the transformational love of Christ is something that sounds challenging for some of us. Maybe for others, it seems to be an easier task.
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
A Quote from the Holy Father Pope Francis on Gossip “Unity is a grace for which we must ask the Lord, that he may liberate
Currently, I am reading two books. One was given to me as a penance to be read slowly, a page or two at time. The other,
Today we are continuing our reflection on the Stations of the Cross (see part one here). Recalling once again that there is far too often
In The Surprise by G.K. Chesterton, the author of a play sees his characters act justly and with love at his creative command, yet he
We cannot possibly truly imagine what Jesus Christ went through during His Passion and Death. Suffering the horrible, excruciating, ignominious scourging and crucifixion, carrying the
This past January 20 marked the one year anniversary of the death of my friend, Paul Coakley. Last year I wrote two articles about my thoughts
The problem of God allowing terrible things to happen to innocent people used to be of merely philosophical interest to me until my 21 year old
The first time I actually realized I had an anger issue was about a year ago while attending a retreat. A deacon (now priest) prayed
In the light of my previous article, Discerning Private Revelation: A Particular Pitfall, it seems right and just to offer another discussion on a particular
The Roe v Wade decision still remains unsettling to many. Since that day a culture of death has permeated society, and the world. Nevertheless, many
Over the course of my now fourteen years of studying and working with the Catholic Church’s theology of private revelation, I have come to understand
Today is the feast day of my confirmation saint, Saint Thomas Becket, the holy, blessed martyr. His story tells us how foreign to our time
The Mercy of God is a mystery. Even for someone like me who has had it poured into my life for the last five years.
“When the heart speaks, Brother Orchid, other hearts must listen.” Brother Orchid (1940) Interested in seeing a screwball comedy-film-noir-gangster-western-religious flick? I am always on the lookout
