My father-in-law’s friend, Richard, is a good man. If you didn’t know which religion he professed, you might be inclined to think he was a
God our Father gave His angels this command—to guard us wherever we go [Psalm 91:11]. Truly, God’s angels are among us to defend us in
Call it a “millennial aversion to commitment,” or even weak moral courage, but shortly after coming back to the faith during my freshman year of
The past few months during COVID, everyone has experienced an uptick in suffering. These are difficult times, a time to cling to God. My family
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin). Finding the self, soul’s
My dear friends, beware of despair! The worries and anxieties that come into our lives can certainly knock us off balance and shake us to
People need, and have a right to, reliable information on the differences between Christianity and New Age. (Pontifical Council for Culture, Pontifical Council for Interreligious
A friend recently told me that the Old Testament book that brought her back to the Catholic faith was Ecclesiastes. “What is it about?” I
For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic erupted, I received Holy Communion at Mass on Corpus Christi Sunday. Receiving Communion was certainly a blessing
Have you ever wondered how many Jane and Joe Catholics are walking around, working, raising families, and wrapped up in the day to day who
As a cradle Catholic, the value of suffering and its place in life are concepts I have accepted without question. When difficulties both large and
When the doors were locked, where the disciples were … Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
But save us by thy hand, and help me, who am alone and have no helper but thee, O Lord (Esther 4:14). My dad spent
Consider where we are in our lives as we face the coronavirus. Consider where we are as we enter the final days of Lent and
It takes humility to realize most of our personal suffering does not save anyone, least of all ourselves. Ironically, it usually takes suffering to break
Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it
In an interesting talk between Bishop Barron and Jordan Peterson, Jordan Peterson talks about how people fill up auditoriums by the thousands to hear him
Jansen Bagwell, head of the discipleship/deliverance ministry under the authority of our parish Priests, experienced a tragedy recently. It is one of those tragedies or traumas
Do you ever feel like you have been abandoned by God? Maybe you are in a bad season of suffering, battling depression or desolation in
We all experience loss throughout our lives. It is an inevitable part of the human experience. In the poem “One Art,” poet Elizabeth Bishop talks
A good conversation can lead down fascinating paths. My favorite writer, who also happens to be my daughter Marissa, recently wrote The Rosary Can Change
The practices of physician assisted suicide (medical aid in dying) and euthanasia are being increasingly accepted throughout the world. This acceptance is becoming all too
