Fear can open us up to manipulation, and to undesirable outcomes in whatever we are doing. Over the last few months, and even now, many
Today, in the United States of America, on Memorial Day, we honor and remember all the brave men and women who died while fighting to
Is your parish considered “nonessential” in this time of lockdowns and quarantines? How about the liquor stores in your community? If you live in Colorado,
“Separation of Church and state!” How many of us have heard this noxious axiom over and over again throughout our lives? While history has taught
Are you aware of the horrors surrounding the ongoing persecution of Christians worldwide? In a 2017 essay, I highlighted how that persecution has reached a
Saint Teresa of Avila has provided us with many inspirational quotes and meditations which can guide us to a closer connection with God. I would
The claim that “voting for a Democrat is a mortal sin” is one feature of the 2016 presidential election cycle that’s already repeating itself for
Most Protestants question if Catholics are even Christians, challenging our faith with questions like: Have you accepted Christ as your Lord and Saviour? Have you
When my husband Prabhu and I decided to marry, it seemed all there was to surmount was the issue of approval of his Hindu parents.
Often people wonder how someone can find fulfillment as a consecrated religious without having a family, being a wife or husband, a mother or a father.
Ignorance of the religious roots of the United States is so prevalent that lot of Americans really think that there is a clause in either
“I have the strength for everything through him who empowers me.” (Philippians 4:13) My wife and I live approximately 200 miles from the Vatican of
As I’ve explored in various previous essays, there are a lot of things that are wrong with modern first world society today. Some more obvious
And when the last law was down, and the devil turned round on you—where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country’s
Some 242 years ago Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and the United States of America was born. We declared our freedom from the
Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the LORD Almighty has
According to SCOTUS, an individual’s religious beliefs are equally as important as another person’s objectively disordered sexual proclivity. Or to say it another way, Christian
Society desperately needs passionate Catholics – those who put Church teachings above secular ideologies, who strive daily to grow in the knowledge of God, who
In recent years, there have been many claims that this or that Catholic group was discriminatory. Everything from “Pro-choice Woman Denied Catholic Wedding” to “Gay
The current plight of the Rohingya refugees in Myanmar is getting a lot of press notice which is appropriate, yet the ongoing plight of Christians
Eat Drink And Be Merry Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die. There are several places in holy Scripture where this sentiment is
I write this article with the hope that it may help people understand the recent 20th-century foundation for “Free Speech” in the USA as shaped