“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
Recently I helped move my wife’s grandma into her new assisted living facility. It is a nice place, and the folks who live there seem
I volunteered to be part of the “human barricade” in one of the scheduled events during the current papal visit to my country. Our job
My country is now in a frenzied mood because of Pope’s arrival. Families, friends, and church groups are making plans to attend public gatherings. Eucharistic
In Pope Benedict XVI’s book “The Spirit of the Liturgy,” he spends a good deal of time on the postures of prayer and the correct
This post is part of a monthly series on my blog, called PRIESTS & NUNS ARE COOL! in which I interview a priest or a nun
A parish priest from the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama, is working to raise funds for one of the two parishes he staffs. Holy Rosary
Here I am, finally sitting down to write this, write something, procrastinating once again (or just finally getting around to this, it’s a dice roll
I love holy hours. In the last year or so they have become my favorite devotion, and I try to make a holy hour as
I was in the adoration chapel and I had an urge to tweet. I was so enthralled by Fr. Robert Barron’s eloquence on the life
When it comes to revising old hymn texts, I am typically a curmudgeon. I find excision as it is usually practiced a patronizing exercise in
“This season is not about all the stuff, this season is about a promise that what God says God will do, He will do. Even
I’ve been to some beautiful weddings in some ugly churches. Either the carpet was old, the tabernacle was weird, the lighting was off, or the
What does it mean to have hope? I keep returning to this question in my many musings. There are, in a sense, two mistakes which
Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for they have been with me now for three days
Silence is painful. It can be torturous. At times, we can’t even comprehend how to be silent. This society allows us to reach almost any piece
I imagine angels to be like responsible teenagers asked to babysit their toddler siblings. I’m sure that my own guardian angel is often exasperated with
It was with great excitement a few weeks ago that I began reading “T. S. Eliot: An Imperfect Life,” by Lyndall Gordon. It would be
“Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing…” As a mom to a toddler and a preschooler, I spend a lot of time listening to
Once again, it seems that the most appropriate and timely thing to write about concerning the Church is Pope Francis. This time, it’s an apparent
One of the things that I’ve always loved about the Church is that it is universal. I can walk into a Roman Catholic Church anywhere
