“I have my Bible in my pocket,” said Edgardo C. De Vera, a Filipino apologist, to a group of three Protestants with whom he was
My husband works at our Archdiocesan seminary, and we try to meet him for Mass there at least once a week. The other day, I
Recently, I was watching the movie There Be Dragons about St. Josemaria Escriva and the Spanish Civil War, and I began thinking about the call to
My mother is from the Azores Islands, which are part of the country of Portugal. They are a group of nine islands between Portugal and
I have a confession to make. Well, if you read the title of this post, you already know, but here it is again: Pope Francis
Last month I wrote a post analyzing the National Geographic cover story entitled “Pope Francis Remakes the Vatican”. I read the article skeptically, expecting to come
What purpose does morality serve? This is a question I have been given reason to consider from time to time—in particular as I live in
I gripped my cell phone harder as I listened to my aunt speak about Pope Francis. Stunned, questions ran through my head. As she talked
Now my soul is troubled. And what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? No: for this purpose I have come to this
It seems like we rarely hear about the Song of Songs anymore. At Mass, we read from this book only a couple times of the
“It is impossible to describe the feeling that comes over you at such a time. The feeling that somehow, in an instant of time, everything
In St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, he exhorts his readers to be imitators of God. I venture to say that St. Paul exhorts us
Some of the most divisive conversations amongst Catholics today arise over music at Mass. Most arguments revolve around the style of music or the instrumentation.
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve had a chance to take my two oldest daughters roller-skating at a local skating rink. They’re 4 years
…holiness isn’t dependent on where you are, but rather who you are and how you respond to where God put you…
Earlier this summer, I was pleasantly surprised when I received my mid-year fitness summary: I had run over 100 miles in the previous four months.
To study any subject at depth is, in a certain way, to lose one’s innocence. Before the Copernican revolution, it was easy, indeed natural, to
The August 2015 edition of The National Geographic Magazine features a lengthy article on Pope Francis, written by Robert Draper after six months of
I was born in the mid-1980s, and the majority of my early faith formation happened in the 90s. There are many good things that came
Why are we so bad at evangelizing the culture? I’ve seen this question pop up time and again, mostly in the context of asking why
When I started attending daily Mass, I became more involved with the liturgical year. The seasons, feast days, and celebrations were all at the forefront
