With the month of October underway, the Catholic world has commenced the Month of the Rosary. During this month, Catholics are encouraged to pray the
Marriage. A journey with the person you love, giving yourself freely, without reservation, in a life giving relationship for the rest of your lives. A
In the classic Bill Murray flick Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil is called a “prognosticator of prognosticators.” Catholics could borrow that phrase and apply it to St.
Much has been commented on the evangelizing power of painting, sculpture, music, literature, theater, and film. What about comics? Anthony James Perez from the Philippines
There is a tendency in ministry to talk about what we do as “ours” or “mine”. I’ve fallen into that trap more times than I
In the last month or so we’ve had the joy of sharing this news with our loved ones. Since this is our second baby, the
It seems like every announcement from Rome creates instant clash between different Catholics. One side is “See, Pope Francis is getting rid of the old
Creating a baby registry at Babies R Us, can be something of a spiritual epiphany. As my wife and I approached the priestesses at the
The following was a reflection I prepared for my prayer group, but I am also indebted to them for some of the insights that followed.
How do you judge good music? What are your standards? When do you know that you’ve encountered an incredible song or artist? One way I
I remember taking our frozen wedding cake out on our first anniversary, only to discover it was not the same cake we had put in
Christ spent 3 years forming 12 men. Those men went on to change the world.
“God was made man…If I could love a leper’s sores, couldn’t I love the boringness of Henry? But I’d turn from the leper if he
A year and a half ago, my husband received a phone call that would change our lives. A priest friend of ours was starting a
There is a growing nemesis in the world today: Boredom. I’m bored, accompanied by a pathetic sigh, is something every parent, teacher, minister, or anyone,
It is a dog-eat-dog world out there. And I wonder, how much do we let this affect our spiritual lives? Every TV show from Biggest
When we think about poverty, we usually think about starving children in the third world, the homeless, or the elderly living on fixed incomes. We
“The things which we Christians embrace by divine faith, and which are not to be received except by divine faith, are humanly incredible. They are
An elderly woman stands at the votive candle area and lights eight large candles. She says a prayer and then finds her place in the
Warning: This article deals with infant death and parent grief. Recently Travis and I found ourselves at the hospital at the orthopedic surgeon’s office again. This
“Choose someone God-fearing, and make God the center of your relationship.” When this advice was given in a talk for college students about dating and
