This content was originally published at To the Heights and has been reformatted for the Ignitum Today readers! If you’re a faithful Catholic woman, chances
It was my last class of my senior year of college, and I listened intently as my professor wrapped up his final lecture. I sat
Have you ever heard the story of the man who prayed that God would save him in a flood? He stood on top of his
Life, in all its glory, is pretty messy. Sin skips and trips us through life as we try to be faithful and nothing halts us
He kneels before me, taking my hand in his, and slips a ring on my finger. I look it at: it’s beautiful, so sparkly, and
This year Jane and I will celebrate our first Christmas as husband and wife and so we have been busy arranging our ‘wish lists’ for
This week, an in-depth interview with Pope Francis was released in Jesuit publications around the world. In the opening question, “Who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio?”,
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,
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
“Live as though dying daily.” -St. Antony of Egypt, as recorded by St. Athanasius We have almost no viable perspective from which to evaluate our
Abnegation. To be honest until recently I had no idea what that word meant. And probably not surprisingly since it is an idea that isn’t common
Abstinence may be a mere means to an end, but it’s often given a bit of a bad rap. Indeed, in the recent spate of
Guest post by Lynn Hale. Single men and women who living out faithful lives in the Church are often met with tension with regards to
The blog dispute last week in the Protestant world was waged between the conservative Reformed Protestants from The Gospel Coalition and liberal/emergent Protestant blogger Rachel Held
You may have to bear with me. The indescribably talented Emily Zanotti presented a wonderful case for adding some zip, jazz, and flare to the
I sometimes sing Toby Keith’s song “Beer For My Horses” to get on my sister’s nerves: “Grand pappy told my pappy back in my day
As a perpetual chatterbox I approach the mysteries of Holy Week with mixed emotions. The stark, somber tones of the liturgies are in direct contrast
In our so-called enlightened society of the 21st century, many people keep making the unfortunate mistake of confusing humility for low self esteem, meekness for
I once heard Father say in a homily that no saint was ever canonized for being prudent. He went on to explain that it is
In his book The Total Money Makeover, finance adviser Mr Dave Ramsey describes a method for not only getting out of debt, but also then
I came across an amazing documentary called “180” paralleling the Holocaust and abortion. It is produced by Living Waters, a ministry run by Ray Comfort. Comfort
