What did he want? What could I give him? Actually, we both knew what he wanted, what he needed. He needed some way to live
We are the Catholic Church. We are men and women who base our lives on faith in Christ as the designer and builder of His
When we are faced with temptation, we often act as though we fall into it through weakness, and indeed many times that is the case.
Both normal and morbid curiosity can prompt our desire to know the mysterious details of unknown secrets. It often depends on the source we seek
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
Towards the end of John’s Gospel, after the soldier pierces Jesus’ side and blood and water flow out (John 19:34), we find something very strange.
Leonid Sirota, a professor of law at Auckland University, reacted on his blog Double Aspect to a Québec legal case in which some arguments revolved
Temptations Temptations, we all have them. It is part of life. It is part of human nature and they will exist until we die. Adam
Dr. Taylor Marshall had a recent post on the state of the priesthood by the numbers. The “priest to Catholics” ratio (taken from the Center
No one recognizes the power of a symbol like the Catholic Church. Catholic theology itself is imbued with the law that the physical order is
We now find ourselves in the Easter season. Now is a time for rejoicing and for thanking the Lord for His love and salvation. Now
Some revolutionaries, who want the Church to attempt to confer the Sacrament of Holy Orders on women, point to this verse from St. Paul’s Epistle
Lately, with short days and schedule changes, making it over to the local parish for confession has been a challenge. Earlier this week, I thought
What About Your Children? When we became Catholic, some of our friends were concerned for the sake of our children. Catholics didn’t have children’s programs
The Lasting Effects of ‘The Year of Mercy’ The Year of Mercy was a special year dedicated to living out the mercy of Jesus Christ
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
“Pray always, but not in order to convince the Lord by dint of words! He knows our needs better than we do! Indeed, persevering prayer
Faithful Catholics order their lives around the sacraments of the church. They are regular in attending Mass, often more than once a week, and they
But she answered him, “Yes Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” And he said to her, “For saying this
For most Catholics today, the Sacrament of Confirmation is a mystery, a ritual that we celebrate simply as a formality without really understanding what it’s
O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you. My flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land
There is something beautiful about the changes that come with the seasons of the year. I admit I’m a seasonal man. Growing up in Northeastern
