This past summer I was working as a hospital chaplain. As part of this group, my three other peers along with a supervisor would meet
Pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin picking. It seems like I just finished putting away my bathing suit from summer vacation and already I’m seeing
In Ontario, unfortunately medical professional’s personal consciences are not respected. Two instances, amongst others pose an immediate and proximate issue: MAID (assisted suicide), and effective
During my days as a Southern Baptist, my opinion of Mary, the Blessed Virgin, was the same as every other Protestant. I saw her as
I have been told more times than I can count that if I were truly against abortion I would have to be pro-contraception. “Contraception prevents unwanted pregnancies,” the argument goes, “so putting women on reliable birth control would cut down on unwanted pregnancies and there would be fewer abortions.”
Sometimes we are called not only to experience humiliation in order to be sanctified, but we must stew in it for the reality of our
“Heaven is fixing our gaze upon Christ; hell is simply choosing to look the other way.” Let us fix our gaze on Jesus. Look to
Recently Reader’s Digest ran a story about an American who traveled to Taiwan for work. On the way to his hotel from the airport, he had to
I visited my parents this weekend. This was the first time I saw their new house in their new city. To my surprise, I was
The mainstream media in Sydney was recently abuzz at the report of a number of parishioners from a local Catholic church claiming to have witnessed
Back in June, Pope Francis started a most unlikely boy on the path to sainthood. His name was Darwin Ramos, and he was a street
Deuteronomy 7:9-14, Psalm 97, 2 Peter 1:16-19, Mark 9:2-10 The word “transfiguration” comes from Latin roots: trans– (“across”) and figura (“form, shape”). It thus signifies
In the readings for August 5, we saw two different stories of God providing for His people. In the book of Numbers, the Israelites are
No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him. – James Russell Lowell, poet Ultimately, we all have to decide
I used to be (and unfortunately, still am at times) a rather obnoxious Catholic. Fueled by my enthusiasm for Truth — and wanting affirmation of
I’m going to let you in on a secret. When you type words into a search engine and then click on a link, the owner of
Recently, I went to a Sunday night baseball game to cheer on my beloved Washington Nationals. When the Nats play on Sundays, the local parish
I’m not changing my Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or other social media profile pictures. There’s a thing going around in light of the Supreme Court decision
I confess that I’m one of those people who woke up on June 26th and immediately grabbed for my laptop, in order to watch the marriage decisions come in
On June 9th, I was welcomed into the Third Order of St. Dominic as a Lay Dominican. The spiritual formation that I craved for for
I am writing this on Monday, June 30, 2014, exactly two years after a good friend of mine’s life was cut short. I realize that
