Health & Spirituality Archives - Page 3 of 8

Hey, Let’s All Be Zebras From Now On!

Gene M. Van Son June 14, AD2021 11 Comments

Biology is irrelevant today. So why do so many or our leaders say we should follow the science? Today a male can say he’s a

Your Only Answer to Transhumanism

Steve Smith June 4, AD2021 15 Comments

The object of my desire was both gloriously complex and orderly at the same time. Just as the balance of order and diversity in a

When You Want to Give Back to God

Laura DeMaria May 31, AD2021 3 Comments

You may look at your life, especially as we get further from 2020, and think, “How blessed I am!” Even in a year like the

The Gift of Grief

Laurika Nxumalo May 25, AD2021 2 Comments

Grief is almost the same as open-heart surgery. Nothing can hurt us, disintegrate us, heal us, or teaches us more valued soul lessons like grief.

Healing through Forgiveness

Deacon Steve Greco May 23, AD2021 1 Comment

God is good! All the time! The love of Jesus is far beyond anything we can imagine. During His ministry, Jesus always taught forgiveness. Matthew

The Beauty of Christian Friendship

Masha Goepel May 21, AD2021 2 Comments

The trees are green again and the days are long. Now that spring has fully arrived and summer is following soon, I can sit in

True Kindness is Love in Action

Mark Belanger May 19, AD2021 3 Comments

Despite what a popular yard sign asserts, kindness is not everything. But kindness is one important form of love in action. From the point of

Memento Mori, Thoughts on Growing Old

Bob Kurland May 14, AD2021 9 Comments

Do not go gentle into that good night. Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the

Covid Anxiety Continues to Imprison Many

Dom Cingoranelli May 5, AD2021 3 Comments

Anxiety continues to imprison many, even with the reopening of much of our country. I recently ran across an acquaintance from my parish in a

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I am an EMHC and Honored to be One

Larry Peterson April 13, AD2021 3 Comments

I am an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion (EMHC). I bring Holy Communion (Christ truly present in the consecrated Host) to Catholics who are homebound,

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A Catholic Response to the Mental Health Crisis

Glenn Slaby March 5, AD2021 8 Comments

America, the wealthiest nation on earth, contains what I call a triangle of despair. Mental Illness, incarceration, and poor quality of life creating a vicious

Good for Our Health

Carol Monaco March 2, AD2021 2 Comments

We know that the season of Lent is a time of penance (prayer, fasting, and almsgiving). Truly, these exercises in faith provide much good for

The Healing of Memories

Deacon Steve Greco February 27, AD2021 13 Comments

Jesus tells us repeatedly that we are to live a life of grace, a life of healing, and a life of abundance. Jesus wants to heal

Do It, Do It Right, Do It Right Now

Genesius February 20, AD2021 9 Comments

Will Catholics resume going to again Mass once states lift all the COVID-19 restrictions? Or will the restrictions result in yet another decline in Mass

A Philosophy of Love Following Upon Valentine’s Day

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer February 17, AD2021 No Comments

In addition to its early Gothic architecture and stunning simplicity, my residence in Fossanova Abbey also boasts the chapel where Saint Thomas Aquinas died. While

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Keeping The Faith During Depression

Mark Belanger February 15, AD2021 5 Comments

Everybody gets the blues. But some people really get the blues in the form of depression. For many people depression involves brain chemistry, which means