Have you ever thought about yourself like you think about others? People can be idiots, prigs, jerks, crazies. People can just get on your nerves,
Today we celebrate the feast of the mother of one of the Church’s most celebrated saints. St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine (whose feast day
Everything I ever needed to know about hospitality I learned from my children. When their grandparents, friends or birthday party guests are scheduled to come,
Working at a nursing home, I met a married couple that really defined for me what marriage means. He was wheelchair dependent. He had had
Remember that time you committed to your vocation, and then the whole process of discerning God’s will was over forever? Yeah, me neither. I remember
I’m one of those guys that, for the most part, tends to brush off ‘sensationalist’ comments about the culture. You know what I’m talking about,
I missed the quiet years for a minute today when I stumbled upon an abrasive tweet about the pope, written by an evangelical Christian. The
Anything worth knowing begins with a question. Philosopher Etienne Gibson wrote, “Faith comes to intelligence as a light that overflows it with joy and inspires
“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because
Saint G.K. Chesterton has a nice ring to it, so it was with some special joy that I read the report that the “sympathetic” bishop
Here are 8 great Christian songs. (The links lead to the corresponding audio via YouTube.) 1. Hail, Holy Queen. This is, by far, my favorite
In the Year of Faith I was asked by my local Catholic newspaper to write about what faith means to me. Here’s my thoughts: Faith
This past week my husband and I packed our five young children into a conversion van and drove about 1400 miles round-trip to visit the
My five week old is taking his first nap of the day. My four other kids are finishing up breakfast. My husband is at work
Lorenzo, a contemporary opera about the life of St. Lorenzo Ruiz, oozes with all the human drama that can be extracted from the life of
The Feast of the Assumption is tomorrow; and some of us might be wondering: “What is the importance of this feast? Is it still relevant
Loneliness is painful. We’ve all needed a shoulder to cry on, when there was no one around. Terrible as loneliness is, it’s another way that
Join a live discussion tonight, August 13, 2013 at 8pm on the topic: “A Practical Discussion about Leaving the Convent.” The panel is a diverse
I have worked and volunteered for the church for over 20 years now, helping to teach my first Religious Education class when I was a
Maybe I’ve spent too much time listening to World Youth Day coverage and reading articles like this one written by a friend of mine who
Just in case you haven’t seen it, there is a wonderful series going on in the blogosphere called the “Not Alone Series”. The writers are
