
Trying to Be Perfect
Like most European Catholics I was born and brought up in the aftermath of the Renaissance influenced by a spirituality that owed as much

Like most European Catholics I was born and brought up in the aftermath of the Renaissance influenced by a spirituality that owed as much

I ended part I of this article on morality with a question – How do we become more like Jesus Christ, perfect as the heavenly

One of the nice things about being an associate pastor of a wonderful parish in a poorer area was that I got to see many

Beauty? Who defines it? Who should define it? How should it be defined? Every culture has its own interpretation and there is some universal commonality,

Who would have a death wish? Stuntmen, firefighters, and perhaps some customer service representatives (like the guy I was on the phone with for an

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

Our World Will Pass Away In my senior year of high school, my English teacher showed us three examples of an excellent college application essay.

“Holiness does not consist in not making mistakes or never sinning. Holiness grows with capacity for conversion, repentance, willingness to begin again” – Pope Benedict

Good, perfect, holy, sweet, innocent, beautiful, kind, pure – there are so many words that described who I wanted to be ever since childhood. These