“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet.” While I dislike starting off an article
If we have the perspective of giving all our glory to God when we find success in our lives, we are on the path to sainthood.
Whose side are you on? You’ve already chosen it, whether you realize it or not. Every moment of every day, through the exercise of your
Throughout Catholic places of worship, it is common to find symbols of our Faith. These symbols hold deep meaning. For example, the Crucifix depicts Christ’s
Love. Hate. Pride. Fifty years ago, these words suggested different concepts than today. Love was a fuzzy, feel-good word, accompanying cartoons of cute cherubs holding
The Devil’s Horrible Sin of Pride For those who don’t know, pride is one of the seven deadly sins. Pride was the great sin of
In 1980 singer-songwriter Mac Davis released a song titled “It’s Hard to be Humble.” The title of this article is the first line of the
With the arrival of cool weather, the season of festivals is about to close. They are quite similar: ethnic or specialty food, traditional dance and
I came of age during the cultural changes of the 1960s. Even though my Catholic upbringing had taught me that sex outside of marriage was
Years ago, I honestly believed I was laying down my life for God, serving Him with my whole heart, mind, and soul. Then, slowly I
I do not know who the Jones’s are, but I keep hearing how everyone wants to keep up with them. I have to wonder ‘why?’
By: Christina M. Sorrentino After a quick search for “pride” on the Goodreads website, we come across a number of quotes within the pages of
Since the fall of man, we deal daily with the conflict between virtue and vice. Virtues are those characteristics or behaviors that move the soul
We were all shocked when a teenager burst into a school classroom in Highlands Ranch, Colorado last year, weapon firing, shooting many school-aged children totally
In “The New Goth is the Original Goth,” I suggested (half fun and full earnest) that we ought to resurrect the “fence” of traditional practices
“Pride — it gets ’em every time,” chortles Satan (Al Pacino) at the end of the 1997 film The Devil’s Advocate. Indeed, it does; of
Humility is considered by St Augustine to be the foundation of all other virtues – the trait that lays the groundwork on our journey toward
God had a plan to save us, billions of people, from our alienation from him due to Adam’s sin and due to our personal sins.
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
Every society, every culture has a tradition of a scapegoat: a person or group of people to blame and punish for the sins of that
“Many of my clients are dealing with a lot of anxiety nowadays,” my friend, a therapist, told me after Mass recently. Indeed it does seem
We often hear how our sins, were the cause of Jesus’ crucifixion. This is a pretty hard concept to accept for a couple reasons. Most importantly,
