In his first letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul explains how, when God calls people, he does not base his decision on human criteria –
The famous African bishop, doctor and Father of the Church, Saint Augustine of Hippo, once said, “If you believe what you like in the gospels,
Are three reasons why people reject the Catholic Church today. I've been thinking about this for some time, ruminating about the common objections I hear against Catholicism. They can be summarized in three distinct yet overlapping categories: ontological, moral and epistemic.
In a culture always on the go, days, weeks and months blur together. We can sometimes be running so fast on the treadmill of life that we forget to stop and take a break. Sure, we might take a week…
The past two months have been quite interesting in my personal life. I left my ministry position as Director of Religious Education, accepted a new
Disclaimer: This post was not consciously written in Father’s Day week. I can not speak for my subconscious. She often has a mind of her
Widows have always been a group of people that tug on my heartstrings. What is more tragic than a young husband or wife with small
Desperate times call for desperate measures. The modern world has successfully graduated from high school and is now ready to attend University where its ideals
There is an underlying theme in the word of God that might be considered shocking: Go Hard. All Out. Go Big or Go Home. The greatest
I was an atheist. I didn’t believe in God and tried to convince those who did that they were stupid for doing so. If you
“In the beginning was the Word, and Word was with God, and the Word was God. ” Words are intensely powerful, most likely because they
“Man’s curiosity searches past and future And clings to that dimension. But to apprehend The point of intersection of the timeless With time, is an occupation
It’s a commonplace we’ve all heard in one form or another: “Love is blind.” But is it really? It may be true that our passions,
As a perpetual chatterbox I approach the mysteries of Holy Week with mixed emotions. The stark, somber tones of the liturgies are in direct contrast
I don’t usually think to support heresy, but this time, I owed a family member. So on a weekend where I could have been celebrating,
Dear Friends, As we all know the feast day of St Joseph is coming in just a few days. It is one of my favorite
Why do we celebrate Lent? This is a question that’s been nudging me this year as I tried to figure out what to give up
This famous image with its seemingly contradictory text (“This is not a pipe.”) led the way for an overhauling of art and artistic representation as
“You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.’ “But I say to you, love your enemies and
This content originally appeared on my blog Almost Not Catholic as a part of a 3-part series on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
It is really hard to think that Lent 2012 is almost here. It seems like it was only yesterday that Catholics all over the world
