Imagine you are the pope. The previous half-century has seen the rise of many radical political movements and systems of thought hostile to the Church.
In the Bible, when the Israelites lose a battle, they ask: What have we done to offend God? Who slept with his sister? Who stole
Salve friends, Catholics, my brothers and sisters in Christi! After a respectable two days, the last four days have paled in comparison in monthly donations.
We need the voice of St. John Paul II in this day of superficiality, where we seem to care about how things look more than
The lady on the bus Since watching Touch, my boyfriend has had a habit of reading number plates and, now that he’s Catholic, relating them
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
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
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
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
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
The human body is an amazing and very fascinating creation. Each organ has its purpose. Every fiber works toward a succinct system, or group of
Calvinism is a Protestant theological system based on the writings of John Calvin (1509 – 1564), a Protestant Reformer most famously associated with Geneva. Calvin was
All Christians agree with the practice of praying the Our Father. However, the honor given to Mary by faithful Catholics is often mistaken for worship.
According to tradition, the first person to see the Risen Christ was not Mary Magdalene. Tradition has it that Jesus appeared first to His mother,
…do we celebrate Easter Sunday. This always has to come before, and is always followed by Have you ever stopped to consider the fact that
