Gift of Self
Every person’s most fundamental vocation, moral responsibility, and source of fulfillment is authentic self-giving. I think this claim can be discovered by reason and experience.
Every person’s most fundamental vocation, moral responsibility, and source of fulfillment is authentic self-giving. I think this claim can be discovered by reason and experience.
Watching an Amish documentary last Sunday, I heard the following exchange: Among a busload of visitors to Amish Country, someone asked an Amish gentleman, \”What\’s
In this series of posts HOW TO FIND FAITH AT THE MOVIES, John invites readers to take a hero’s journey in search of faith through
Albino assassin monks, secret Bible books, pagan Santas and secret councils—this is a series about popular culture claims related to Catholicism. If you have a
Three years ago, Jeff Miller (aka the Curt Jester) posted a somewhat-lengthy discussion of the Christmas movies he’d been watching. Along the way, he
There is an old saying that says, “You can take a girl out of Texas, but you can’t ever take Texas out of a girl.”
We were traveling for Thanksgiving, visiting Joel’s family. It was the feast of Christ the King, and we were looking for a Saturday vigil Mass.
I used to think I was a Christian before I converted to Catholicism. I was baptized in the Methodist Church when I was a month
Hollow, empty spaces All the world so wide Distraction filling silence While the soul abides. The ego dances freely With the vapid little thrills Temptations
On December 8,1992, an article appeared in the science section of the New York Times under the headline \”A Rising Cost of Modernity: Depression.\” The
In this series of posts HOW TO FIND FAITH AT THE MOVIES, John invites readers to take a hero’s journey in search of faith through watching movies. As
One of the commonly asked questions of Sir Paul McCartney is whether his lovely song Let It Be is about the Virgin Mary. It is
Coffee Interviews is a series of video interviews of interesting people I would love to have coffee with and pick their brains. Today I got
In the series HOW TO FIND FAITH AT THE MOVIES, I have invited you to take a hero’s journey in search of faith through watching movies. As seen
I used to think I was a Christian before I converted to Catholicism. I was baptized in the Methodist Church when I was a month old,
In the series HOW TO FIND FAITH AT THE MOVIES, John has invited us to take a hero’s journey in search of faith through watching movies. As seen
My wife and I had a rare opportunity to watch a movie together the other night, and after about half an hour of looking though
The Great Gatsby, the popular American novel known for depicting the Roaring 20\’s with striking honesty, is now a major motion picture, starring the great Leonardo DiCaprio
In the series HOW TO FIND FAITH AT THE MOVIES, we have been taking a hero’s journey in search of faith through watching movies. As seen in
Previously in his series HOW TO FIND FAITH AT THE MOVIES, John has invited readers to join him on a hero’s journey, with the following
I read the news–all bad it seems–and invariably, I think about God. This predilection, not practiced for most of my adult life, now gives me great
The New Evangelization has been called many things, but cheesy is not one of them, and this is a shame. If the New Evangelization is