Fear. It paralyzes us to immobility. We’ve all experienced it to some degree. we hear a friend saying something skewed about someone else; we
I used to be pro-choice. I rolled my eyes with fierce contempt whenever the very active pro-life ministry at my college would have a table
I believe that every college freshman should, upon arriving at the orientation of his campus, hear the following sentence: “Nine out of ten of what
Picking your nose is something no one has to teach you. I know. I have 4 children, ages 5 and under. No one teaches them
I think that hedonism makes sense. Beat. You see, we know that we are made for goodness and evil is just not helpful to our
Photo credit: Western Theological Seminary on Flickr Once upon a time, in a college classroom, a professor asked me what I believed about some arcane
Today would have been my fourth day in the convent and I imagine that I would be walking on air with excitement. Actually to be
What is “The Purple Cow” and why does it matter?
During His travels, Jesus came to Samaria and sat by the stone wall of a simple well. He asked a woman there for a drink,
This quote by St. Josemaria Escriva is one that challenges me often: You are constantly talking about the need to change and reform things. Good…REFORM
I am happy to know a Pope who is youthful at heart, who so lived the Catholic Faith “as is.” I’m so excited to be
There is no better self-introduction for an architect to make than to exhibit an especially astounding piece of architecture and then to talk about it.
People are so obsessed on having our “freedom”….in fact, I remember growing up as a child of the 90’s, with the rebuttal that would settle
My middle child, Charlotte, is two-and-a-half. In fact, she may be the most two-and-a-half two-and-a-half year old I think I’ve ever encountered. Among her
Not to brag or anything, but I can make the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs. Not only that, but I have unambiguously proven my superhuman tactical genius at an elite orbital battle school, in which I obliterated an entire planet and the Formic race with a single strike. Heck, I once helped the Kwisatz Haderach of the planet Arrakis overthrow an entire empire merely by taking over the production of a spice!
“Father, into your Hands,” we hear Jesus pray from the Cross, “I commend my spirit.” (Luke 23:46) We pray these words every night as part
According to reports, and I’m sure that those of us who are actually at World Youth Day can back this up, il Papa Benedetto has announced
A child knows he can fly; that’s why he tries. Adults have only forgotten. The point is that man is especially able to fly. That he should fly. That a singular event that occurred in recent history makes flying something as likely as a falling.
“Speak about Christ only when you are asked. But live so that people ask about Christ!” exclaimed Paul Claudel. Claudel, a 20th Century French poet,
Hello, my name is Elizabeth and I’m repressed. I’m a Catholic woman, after all. The Bright Maidens movement blossomed out of refuting this very concept.
First ever watercolor picture…. many more to come! Elaine Golden, August 14, 2011 [author] [author_image timthumb=’on’]https://ignitumtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Elaine-Golden-e1313149812584.jpg[/author_image] [author_info]Elaine Golden is seventeen and absolutely loves drawing. She focuses
