Evangelizing is a scary word and Catholics don’t like it. I used to date a Baptist and in the spirit of ecumenical harmony, I went
“So why did you pick me for your sponsor?” I asked my brother, following the instructions the Director of Religious Ed had given during our
My friend Marc Barnes recently posited that beauty can save the world–and he’s right. Yet we must be careful that we don’t confuse our sense of
Since St. Raphael is the patron saint of my diocese, I made a point to attend Mass for the Feast of the Archangels on September
“Love your neighbor as yourself.” If there’s one moral command found in almost all religions, this is it. From Judaism to Taoism, Buddhism to Hinduism
Is faith a type of knowledge? This question gets asked often in modern time, and has quite probably been asked time and again since time
There are 84 days until Christmas. Does that number fill you with dread thinking of all that has to be done? Joy at the thought
When I was 10, I caught a feature on the Discovery Channel about a young man who, after losing his arm in a motorcycle accident,
I wanted to create my message around something people could grasp.
This week I remember hearing news about a devastating typhoon which occurred in the Philippines. Let’s remember this country in our prayers. See image below:
The cool season of autumn is warmly greeted in my home. I am eager to take my kids to a pumpkin patch, have my husband
“Who is like God?” This is the translated meaning of ‘Michael’. The Captain of the Heavenly Hosts, the Angelic Warrior that cast Lucifer from Heaven
It is my third week in Rome, and I’m still pretty much hanging out in the Piazza della Rotonda (featuring the Pantheon which was featured
The truth of the matter is that our world is remarkably adept at rejecting Christ. We’ve steadily broken down our ability to reason, to the
In a moment of bravery during college, I signed up for the Students for Life Retreat with the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants in New
Cristina and I need to ask for your prayers. We are in somewhat of a crisis. As you have probably read in the last few
Conversion envy, do you have it? Converts are after all so fiery and in love with God, and have such interesting stories. They possess that
Even though that Bill failed to pass into law, there is at least one child alive today because of it!
There is a claim which runs essentially like this: “Quantum mechanics says that the universe can create itself from nothing.” I have previously addressed the
Growing up a non-Catholic in a very anti-Catholic South made for some strange opinions about Catholicism. I remember writing a poem once in junior high
Last week I came across a publication explicitly dedicated to lobbying for abortion… and simultaneously claiming to be Catholic. (See my footnote for more on
