We’re hearing a lot of strange statements and confusing messages these days. Politicians are especially good at creating confusion. But more and more, it seems,
What is virtue? The Oxford English Dictionary defines virtue as “behaviour showing high moral standards”; with an article (that is, “a virtue” or “the virtue”),
Sloth — for some of us, it’s a tree-dwelling mammal, especially the dimwitted but loveable Sid from Twentieth Century Fox’s Ice Age franchise. For others,
Are some kids more in need of the graces of Confirmation at an earlier age than others? Or is it that some children are ready
The Ecclesiastical Province of Detroit, comprising the Archdiocese of Detroit and the six dioceses in the State of Michigan, is a microcosm of the U.S.
If you are a cradle Roman Catholic, you were baptized as an infant and you probably received your First Holy Communion in first or second
Human experimentation is being widely conducted today both in the narrow, scientific sense, such as in the CRISPR gene editing program, and in the broader,
When we are faced with temptation, we often act as though we fall into it through weakness, and indeed many times that is the case.
The Gospel of John recounts a clandestine meeting, under the cover of darkness, between Jesus and a ruler of the Jews, a Pharisee named Nicodemus.
If you are looking to grow in your faith and discover the true beauty of the Catholicism during this Lenten season, you might want to
This examination of conscience is offered in time for Lent, the season of penitence that begins on Ash Wednesday, March 6th in the year of
The Catechism of the Catholic Church is a beautiful book; but it also clocks in at about nine hundred pages long; about twice the size
We all know suffering when we see it and we’ve all experienced it in some form. For many people, unfortunately, suffering leads to pushing away
Conversations about moral issues today are often fueled with passion. But in many cases I have found that they are also rooted in a great
An exhortation to develop an interior life or to deepen one’s relationship with Jesus—is, in and of itself, good. Yet, simply attempting to persuade someone
This article is the second in a series on the Mass which focuses on the scriptural basis of the Catholic Celebration of the Eucharist, the Breaking
Abraham is the father of all believers. There was a closed cockpit door between God and Abraham behind which God spoke, and Abraham believed, trusted
“Daddy, what’s an abortion?” my seven year old son asked me one day. “An abortion is when a mother kills the child she is carrying
This article is the first in a series on the Mass which focuses on the scriptural basis of the Catholic Celebration of the Eucharist, the Breaking
Discussing theology with our Protestant brothers and sisters is often interesting, but it can also be quite frustrating. For instance, many Protestants, particularly those from
Just about everyone experiences some anxiety from time to time. But today instead of saying we are ‘feeling anxious’ we say we are ‘stressed’ or
Although most of us could not come up with an answer to the question of what God wants us to learn, He has been trying to