“They must be going to the beatification!” I yelped happily, as I pointed towards a well-dressed group of people walking down the sidewalk. It was
[Caution: spoilers ahead] Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is a moving paean to fatherhood. The entire movie centers around Henry Turner’s
On the recent Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, my priest-uncle-spiritual-director, Father Jim, suddenly lost his brother Allan. Father Jim was abroad teaching a
Aaron K. Torch’s Christian Dating Simplified: A Short, Practical Guide to the only Four Questions You Need to Ask is an enjoyable read, weaving scriptural
One of the most insidious and harmful ideas that mothers labor under is the idea that we can raise flawless children. Rationally we know this
The Jungle Book (2016) is a masterful adaptation of Kipling’s book, paying due homage to the classic Disney film with its meshing of the familiar
A few years ago I had the opportunity to give a talk at John Paul the Great Academy in Lafayette, Louisiana. While I was there
It is a gift to grow up in a happy, healthy marriage. By the time I truly started to pay attention to how my parents
One of my favorite throwaway phrases is “first world problems.” It never fails to make me laugh. Whether it’s my sister and a friend complaining
Guest post by Anonymous I was seven when my entire world changed. The life I knew, the life I thought was coming. Gone. You may
Judging by the varying reactions to us women who remain single by choice or by necessity, we are a misunderstood lot. On the one hand,
“For nothing will be impossible with God.” —Luke 1:37 St. Rita of Cascia is the patron saint of impossible causes. During her life, St. Rita
I was at a high school soccer game recently. I didn’t know the girls playing, but my second daughter was collecting the balls hit out
O my Jesus, Thou who art very Love, enkindle in my heart that Divine Fire which consumes the Saints and transforms them into Thee. O
No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will hold to the one, and
Dear Future Husband, I wonder what you are doing at this moment. Are you studying for finals? Maybe you’re chatting with friends, or are laughingly lost in
This has been a rough week for our family. On Wednesday our daughter, Evie, had a series of six seizures for no apparent reason. She had
“Abuse (and the trauma that results from it) causes not only the anxiety of meaninglessness and the anxiety of guilt, but also the anxiety of
“Things were in God’s plan which I had not planned at all. I am coming to the living faith and conviction that – from God’s
I remember I was walking down the hall one Sunday afternoon, after a very hectic lunch. On the third floor of the Mullen Home for
Sometimes, when one hears of a poor fellow being scammed, losing his savings to a nonexistent online girlfriend, or wasting thousands on damaging psychobabble seminars,
