This is part VIII of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I, part II, part III, part
Today is the 500th birthday of Saint Teresa of Avila, one of the greatest mystics and spiritual writers of the Church. When I think about
This is part VII of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I, part II, part III, part
“‘Thomas! Thomas!’ two snickering friars called, rousing their brother who was bent over his books. ‘Look out the window—there are pigs flying about in the sky!’ Thomas
This is part VI of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I, part II, part III, part
I went to Confession one recent Saturday morning, planning on receiving the sacrament before Mass. As I drove to the church, I was doing my
Teaching always involves a curve ball. This past fall I taught “Introduction to Moral Theology and Ethics” at The Catholic University of America. For the
We walked into the large sanctuary of a southeast beach parish and slipped into the back pew. The room was full of retired couples, perhaps
I remember when I first fell in love with movies. It was 1989, I was four years old and saw The Little Mermaid. While watching
This is part V of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I, part II, part III,
Life has brought a lot of changes for me over the last year. This time last year I was a Green Beret, deployed with my
This is part IV of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I, part II, and part III
Recently I had the great pleasure of meeting up with and interviewing an up-and-coming Catholic artist and good friend of mine, James Rosenbloom, to talk
This week, I was called upon to exercise my civic duty and present myself at the federal court for jury selection. While I was there, a woman
“The moral causes of prosperity… reside in a constellation of virtues: industriousness, competence, order, honesty, initiative, frugality, thrift, spirit of service, keeping one’s word, daring
Love is our story, we don’t need to rebrand it or market it. We just need to live it.
This coming Sunday, March 15th, 2015, is the Fourth Sunday in Lent (it is a bit crazy that we’re already there, but we are). You
This is part III of a series on works of mercy which I have written for Lent. You can read part I and part II first.
Many of us have been pilgrims, walking the paths saints have trod before us. How many of us have been saints, treading paths worthy of pilgrims yet
Images carry great power with them, and the images we surround ourselves with reflect something of who we are. The family photos we choose to
Over the Christmas break I decided to take my real first Facebook holiday since joining the social network site back in 2007. I was sensing
