You are dust and to dust, you shall return. Each time I hear this phrase at Ash Wednesday, I think of a little prayer that
I remember I was walking down the hall one Sunday afternoon, after a very hectic lunch. On the third floor of the Mullen Home for
Over the past week, the Gospel readings have contained many scenes of healing from Jesus’s public ministry. We know that Jesus performed many miraculous healings
O my God, I am heartily sorry that I have sinned against Thee. I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of Heaven
But because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold, nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth. —Apocalypse 3:16 When Herod heard
Most of the liturgical year is comprised of “Ordinary Time”, when the Gospels follow the earthly ministry of Christ. This does not mean that the
A somewhat recent article in Scientific America caught my eye: this one is about aging, or rather it is about reversing the effects of aging.
Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation. —Kurt D. Bruner, Kurt Bruner, Jim Ware, Finding God in the Lord of
God is closer to us than water is to a fish. – St. Catherine of Siena Water is weird. Have you ever had that thought?
On my onomastica or name day, the feast of my Confirmation patroness St. Elizabeth of Hungary, my friend Anne gave me a blank paper fan
“Ever since the days of Adam, man has been hiding from God and saying God is hard to find.” –Archbishop Fulton Sheen “We do what
I adore Dorothy Day. That’s the reason why I picked up this book. Like Dorothy Day, when I first met Thérèse of Lisieux, I wasn’t very
An Anglican friend told me that she does not bother to cultivate deep friendships with non-Christians—although she certainly treats them civilly and shares the Gospel
Yesterday I finished the first book I’ve ever read by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. I’m quite proud of myself. This isn’t the first one I’ve started.
Plan now to get some of your favorite girlfriends together this Lent to read this book! Walk in Her Sandals is a deep and unique
Prayer is not worship. Worship is a subset of prayer. Worship, properly speaking, entails sacrifice, a gift of something precious to honour the deity worshipped.
I ❤️ this book. It was over far too soon, but it will encourage you to read more about these awesome women. You hear about the
When I first opened Love, Henri, it annoyed the heck out of me. I don’t know what I was thinking when I requested this book.
There is a lot of talk these days in the post-election fracas about “safe spaces.” Most of the talk I have heard comes from conservative
A long time ago in my college dorm room, I was showing a friend the blog Creative Minority Report. It takes its name from Pope
It is said that the most popular theory for the beginning of time and space is the Big Bang. This is the theory which states
