Removing obstacles to God’s grace—this can help us all. And what better time to do it than the beginning of the new liturgical year, during
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
Pay attention to the details—to the daily sinful habits, the little venial sins, intentional or unintentional, and those irksome imperfections that present obstacles to you.
Don’t let this title mislead you. The idea of slowing down for Lent brings to mind a resolve to minimize unnecessary busyness and allow time
In Part I of this article, I discussed temptation, sin in general, mortal sin, and venial sin by way of engaging in “less serious matter,”
In my last article, Attaining Moral Perfection Even In This Life, I discussed our Lord’s command to be perfect, Scripture’s reiteration of this precept, and
The apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted
The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. He answered them, “When it is
Many in the Church have made serious assertions that we can have a reasonable hope that at the Final Judgement Hell will be empty –
Sin. Why is that one three-letter word so dangerous to mankind? Because it is the one thing that will keep us from ever being happy
Recently my son took me out to lunch. As we sat in the booth at the restaurant eating our hamburgers I looked down at my
