Nearly every Sunday, I see it happen: During the Sign of Peace, parishioners near me smile and reach over to shake my baby’s hand. They
One good plan for Lent is to spend some minutes a day studying the faith more, or at least one aspect of it, like the
Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are
“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
You are dust and to dust, you shall return. Each time I hear this phrase at Ash Wednesday, I think of a little prayer that
O Father, Brother, Lord, And God, Spouse of my soul, Forgive my many sins, my crimes. Lave my wriggling, red, whinging soul And wipe away
By guest writer Louis Felix Figueroa. My body was strung out on the couch and pain filled every part of me. This was the changing
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
Over the past week, the Gospel readings have contained many scenes of healing from Jesus’s public ministry. We know that Jesus performed many miraculous healings
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,
By guest writer Melvyn Foo. On all my holidays this year, my routine when I return to our accommodation is the same. I transfer the
O my God, I am heartily sorry that I have sinned against Thee. I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of Heaven
Imagine for a moment you are an enemy of the Catholic Church. You wish everybody could just leave this horrible institution. Yet you know that
But because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold, nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth. —Apocalypse 3:16 When Herod heard
Most of the liturgical year is comprised of “Ordinary Time”, when the Gospels follow the earthly ministry of Christ. This does not mean that the
During a teacher training course last week, I caught up with an old colleague who is a devout Protestant. As we were chatting, he commented
By guest writer Dominic Cooray. I came across an idea over at Art of Manliness that I took for granted as a kid: In his farewell address
We are in a spiritual battle right now. Society is challenging women, and the men that support them, to rethink femininity and what it means
My mum was 17 when she had me. She had very little help with the pregnancy. She faced rejection, abandonment, and confusion at the onset,
The chaplain of the pilgrimage I joined to the Holy Land repeatedly told our group that after the pilgrimage, we will never read the Gospels
By guest writer Jason K. From a purely scientific point of view, we are all slightly-discolored bags of water, contaminated with a smattering of minerals
