I wrote this article as a warning to all of us know the Catholic faith is true and right. To those who know the teachings
An ancient Navajo proverb says, “You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep”. Perhaps this proverb best describes a lukewarm Christian? All
The mystery of God’s maternal love is expressed with particular power in the Hebrew word, rahamim. Etymologically, this word means “womb” but was later used to mean
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every
For twenty years of my life – from age seventeen to thirty-seven – I struggled with an addiction to nicotine. It was an on-again, off-again
How do we as Catholics approach sinners guilty of things like pedophilia or homosexual acts with consenting or non-consenting adults? Do we think of
Whether Pope Francis is guilty or innocent of a coverup on behalf of a criminal clergy, it is a grave injustice to the victims of those
To be judgmental in matters involving the sins of others is, in this author’s estimation, comparable to being an armchair quarterback or a backseat driver.
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
Pornography seems to be everywhere these days. Sometimes it is overt, but sometimes we are reminded that it’s part of our culture in subtle ways.
First Reformed, written and directed by Paul Schrader, is, along with The Witch, at the vanguard of a recent renaissance of Calvinist cinema but still
Does God care if we sin? How does He look at and treat sinful human beings? I started to think and pray about that, pondering
Anyone who has been living the Christian life for a while has their habits and devotions, which are used as aids along the way.
Real love involves real hatred: whoever has lost the power of moral indignation and the urge to drive the Sellers from the Temple has lost
Many in the Church have made serious assertions that we can have a reasonable hope that at the Final Judgement Hell will be empty –
It seems as though the devil has taken control of our world lately. Politicians are whole-heartedly embracing abortion, homosexual marriage, human cloning, embryonic stem cell
The Struggle Is Real William Gurnall once stated, “While the Christian commits a sin he hates it; whereas the hypocrite loves it while he forbears
St. Teresa of Avila once stated, “We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.”
It’s hard to understand why so many people today are unable to see that humans are not, and never will be, smarter than God. And
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
Thinking back on my life, reflecting on my past, I feel a deep sense of remorse, especially at this time of the year. I regret
“We are an Easter people, and ‘Alleluia’ is our song!” Saint John Paul II spoke this phrase at least twice: once, during an address at
