I first encountered Servant of God Elisabeth Leseur about five years ago when I was towards the beginning stages of my spiritual dry spell. The
The episode from the gospel today has always been one of my favorites. I have always pictured the mother of James and John as being
It is evident that along with the collapse of so many aspects of Western Society from the mid twentieth century onwards, we have witnessed a
One of the more memorable G.K. Chesterton’s “Father Brown” stories is The Resurrection of Father Brown. In this short story the titular character is “murdered”
If you’re a woman, I’m willing to bet that you have struggled with trying to be some definition of “perfect” at one point or another.
A few weeks ago I had to make a trip back to the place of my origin as a Special Forces Soldier, a.k.a. Fort Bragg,
Once upon a time, out near Texas somewhere, I was conducting a training exercise. It was a an IED response/mass casualty lane and one of
Australia’s mostly widely read weekend newspaper recently carried a front page story in which we were informed that a popular Rugby League player would no
The term “social justice” is one which is unfortunately polarized and even politically charged, thanks in no small part to the rise of the “Social
“Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.” – Matthew 5:8 For most of my life I thought that the “purity of
My wife Jane and I have two little girls, Clare and Louise; Clare turns two this month and Louise is just over six months old.
The eminent twentieth century theologian Henri de Lubac writes in his Paradoxes of the Faith that there are two important truths to keep in mind
Like Christ, we are condemned to suffer and to die because of sin. He suffers willingly and innocently; we suffer, in the beginning at least,
“I prefer a family with tired faces from generous giving, to a family with faces full of makeup that know nothing of tenderness and compassion.
“To receive the grace of God, you must go into the desert and stay awhile.” – Blessed Charles de Foucauld Every Christian must enter the
Lent is just around the corner, which means blog posts galore will circle the internet telling you what you should give up for Lent. In
When I imagine liturgists, this is what comes to mind: Inculturation, the adaptation of liturgical texts, languages, rites, and, most especially, of music, to respect
The other day, I saw an article making rounds through my facebook’s news feed about a brilliant young woman whom “Harvard believes is the next
I’ve noticed that so many young Catholics have an inordinate amount anxiety about their vocations. I definitely put myself into this category. When I understood
I’ve been mulling over a lot of things lately, but one thread that runs through all the variables in my life right now is simple:
New year, new you!—a motto that makes me want to vomit. What’s so great about a new me if I couldn’t even love the old
