There is an interesting linguistic phenomenon called “false friends.” They are a bane of middle school foreign language learners – and often even those beyond.
Do Some People Bring Out the Worst in You? For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do
When it feels as if the sky is falling in and the end is near; when we are close to giving up, then, most of
My first memory that distinctly involves Advent is of an Advent calendar – a somewhat esoteric object in 1950s Kansas, if I recall correctly. I
Dale Ahlquist, author and co-founder of Chesterton Academy high school in Minneapolis, said in one of his talks about Chesterton, “Catholics often know the answer
This year, the Ember Days fall later in Advent than usual. They always follow the feast of St. Lucy on December 13th, and so are
If we are going to embrace Christ and His call to share Him with the world, we will encounter persecution. Not only does Jesus promise
Forgiveness, both extended and received, is at the heart of the Lord’s Prayer and the Gospel message itself. We ask God’s forgiveness while forgiving others
And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying: ‘Glory to God in the highest and on
Are you a Happy Holidays kind of person or a Merry Christmas person? If you are former, phooey on you. If you are the later,
In the beginning, there was darkness, and the Lord said, “Let there be Light”. And there was light, and the Lord said, ‘It is good.”
While every serious believer is open to God’s love, power and grace, some seem to experience nonstop miracles in their lives while others never see
During Advent last year (2022) Catholic Nuns surprised holiday shoppers in Downtown Boston on Thursday December 8. They stood outside in the cold singing Christmas
Do you or your parish actively practice the virtue of justice? Do you have a justice surplus or deficit? How do you gauge this? These
The Advent and Christmas seasons bring a multitude of mail solicitations from all kinds of charities and non-profit organizations. And while it can be annoying
In an increasingly complex and often contradictory world, faithlessness emerges as a specter haunting the corridors of the human heart. This lack of faith can
“What do you mean you don’t care? Don’t you want justice for your daughter?” The fury in the Assistant State Attorney’s voice vibrated in my
On November 10th at 6:30 a.m. God called my Mother safely home. A woman of deep faith with a heart of gold, I have no
Dymphna was the only child of a pagan king who is believed to have ruled a section of Ireland in the 7th century. She was
My parish just celebrated the Feast of Christ the King on Sunday, October 29, as first instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 on the
If you watch or listen to what passes for mainstream news today, you will often hear from experts. It seems we need experts to enlighten
There are more than a few different schools of thought about The Gift of Tears. Before I wade into that, let me be clear about