In a world where the music filling the airwaves can go out of style, the Christmas season brings music steeped in tradition. At least for
A trifecta of special days takes place at the end of every October. And Catholic parents trying to raise their children counter-culturally would do well
Halloween is big business today. It has become the second biggest commercial holiday in the U.S. behind Christmas. Billions are spent on costumes, decorations, and
Is the Church returning to the pre-Vatican II celebrations of the seasons called Ember Days? If a recent announcement from Rome for a missionary region
August 24 is a special day for the universal church. But it is also special, in a particular way, for me. Of course, August 24
On How We have Replaced a Leisure-Culture with a Work-Culture Planning which day I’ll have enough time to finally make sourdough bread is quite the
When I walk into grocery stores and the mall now during my usual shopping trips, I can already see the heart-shaped balloons, chocolate-covered cherries, and
The recent Feast of The Visitation got me to thinking about one of my favorite phrases in Scripture. The phrase is that Mary went “in
As we are literally wrapped up in the Christmas Season and at the beginning of the New Year, it is easy to become overwhelmed with
When my grandmother was young, she and some friends visited a fortune teller at a carnival. The soothsayer foretold that my grandmother, Eva, would have
Two feast days for one saint? In just a few cases, yes. Saints with Two Feast Days We are blessed to be able to show
Part of my daily prayer routine is to write a letter to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Knowing that I can just go to
One of the things I find most spiritually refreshing to do is to go to Adoration as often as possible. Seeing Jesus hidden in the
Of course, I can’t remember being conceived nor growing into a baby in my mother’s womb. Nor for that matter do I remember being baptised
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as
“We’re all called to be great saints. Don’t miss the opportunity!” This powerful message is broadcast via reruns of a well-loved TV series of the
Almost all of us enjoy going into our favorite stores, around holiday times, to enjoy the scenery and items we may purchase each year. Taking
In December of 1964, the Beatles made the UK release of the song that would become their 7th number one hit in the US: “Eight
Though we walk in plastic corridors and find ourselves in ever-further-detached expressions of what we dubiously label civilization, modern people depend in the same ways
Poland has given the Catholic Church some of the greatest Saints of the 20th Century. To name just three, Saint John Paul II or John
Everyone should know that angels exist. But how would you react to meeting an angel who descended to earth like lightning before your very eyes?
After keeping the ritual of waving palm fronds on Palm Sunday to commemorate Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, Christian believers (the practicing, the nominal, and
