Moving Toward True Peace
Wendy McMahan
January 19, AD2018
1 Comment
Life is just a speck in time, it passes us by so quickly. There is a beginning and there is an end, but it is
On Selling Jesus
Lorelei Savaryn
January 15, AD2018
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A Tale of Two Christmases One of the defining moments for me on my journey to the Catholic Church was over Christmas Eve and Christmas
PFLAG ‘T.H.AW.’- A Program to Make Homosexual Behavior ‘Okay’
Gene M. Van Son
January 11, AD2018
29 Comments
The announcement in our parish bulletin last spring seemed innocuous enough. A program entitled Transgender Homosexual Awareness (T.H.AW.) was being held to give parishioners
Finding the Love of a Lifetime
Michael Cretaro
January 7, AD2018
1 Comment
Looking back on my life I can truly say, God has been very patient with me and also very gracious toward me. But it
As You Go: Bringing Christ to Others in the Present Moment
Suellen Brewster
December 27, AD2017
4 Comments
Jesus sent out these twelve instructing them, … “Go … to the lost sheep … As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven
Detached: Cutting the Threads That Hold Us Back from God
Dom Cingoranelli
December 17, AD2017
2 Comments
Can I be detached from the things of this world? Can I love God first and foremost, and be detached from anything that gets in
Seeing Faces: A Call to Have the Eyes of a Shepherd
Father Nicholas Blackwell O. Carm.
November 13, AD2017
2 Comments
No Faceless Crowd Before Jesus When we read, study, and pray with the Gospels it is important for us to remember who is the audience
Unprofitable Servant? More Like a Loss Leader! How Jesus Can Use My Meager Offerings
Suellen Brewster
October 27, AD2017
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I Am a Loss Leader! Way back in the 1980s I was a marketing student. There was a common business term in those days, “loss
This Present Darkness Cannot & Will Not Comprehend Christ Crucified
Guy McClung
October 17, AD2017
3 Comments
Those in today’s present darkness cannot comprehend the crucified Savior. It is the same today as it was in the first century A.D., those who
The Day I Met Jesus While Riding My Bike
David Roney
October 11, AD2017
7 Comments
Note: This first portion was written in Fall 2014, but not widely published. The Day I Met Jesus A little over a year and
The Lesson on Self-Sacrifice I Learned From a Seed my Father Planted
Michael Cretaro
October 7, AD2017
2 Comments
I remember once, back in the early 1990’s, I was riding in the car with my father, who was driving me home from my job
The Face of Christ, the Gateway to Humility
Father Nicholas Blackwell O. Carm.
September 24, AD2017
5 Comments
Devotion to the Holy Face of Christ I have yet to meet a Catholic that does not know who St. Therese of Lisieux is. However,
Virtue Signaling and Social Media Pharisees
Cynthia Millen
September 20, AD2017
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It is amazing how much the words of Jesus apply to our modern era and cut right to the hypocrisy of our worldly ways. Then
The Divinity of Jesus in the Gospels
JP Nunez
September 14, AD2017
6 Comments
Just about everybody agrees that Jesus is presented as divine in the Gospel of John. In the very first verse, John says that “the Word
Jesus Asked: Who Do You Say That I Am?
Steffani Jacobs
September 10, AD2017
2 Comments
You’re probably familiar with the following Gospel passage from Saint Matthew (especially if you were at Mass on Sunday, August 27). It establishes Jesus’ Church
Taking Care of Health, Wealth, and Reputation
Deacon Greg Lambert
September 6, AD2017
1 Comment
If it weren’t for our health, wealth, and reputation, what concerns could we possibly have in life? If health includes love and happiness, and wealth
“The Desire for God Is Written In The Human Heart”
Anne DeSantis
September 4, AD2017
6 Comments
The Desire in Our Hearts for God The Catechism of the Catholic articulates man’s desire for God: “The desire for God is written in the
A Catholic Approach to the Suicide Epidemic
Alex Wolke
August 31, AD2017
3 Comments
Recently, two great musicians passed away: Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington. Both committed suicide. Chester Bennington was a huge fan of Cornell when he was
Jesus, You’ve Got Some Explaining to Do
Guy McClung
August 17, AD2017
18 Comments
To His Holiness Jesus Christ, God the Son ATTN: God the Father ; God the Holy Spirit Most Holy Jesus, Recently I have had some
There Is Power In The Act of Contrition
Anne DeSantis
August 6, AD2017
29 Comments
The Prayer of Forgiveness The Act of Contrition is the prayer we, as Catholics, pray after we confess our sins during the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Purity of Heart
Kevin Aldrich
August 2, AD2017
3 Comments
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. The kingdom of God is where God’s will is fully done by us and
Fear, Trust, and Skinny-Dipping in the Platte
Anthony S. Layne
July 27, AD2017
1 Comment
I have trust issues. It’s precisely this fact about me which limits my public self-revelation, and which more than anything else explains why I’m still
Seeing Others with the Light of Christ
Cynthia Millen
July 19, AD2017
2 Comments
While staying in a remote rural hermitage in western Ireland, there happened to be one day and night that was totally clear — a rare
Do Not Be Afraid To Speak Up for Freedom
Christine Roe
July 11, AD2017
1 Comment
“Do not be afraid to be holy! Have the courage and humility to present yourselves to the world determined to be holy, since full, true
