The Victory of Death
Of all the words to describe the process of death, victory would be the last one on the list for most of us. Death to
Of all the words to describe the process of death, victory would be the last one on the list for most of us. Death to
“Ugh! That road isn’t very safe at all! You know what they used to call it? The road of death!” This is how a parishioner
Media vita in morte sumus Quem quaerimus ad iutorem nihi site domine Qui pro peccatis nostris Sancte Deus, sancte fortis Sancte misericor salvator Amare mortis
“Remember, Oh man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return.” This phrase from the Ash Wednesday liturgy – the Consolatio – may
We often hear people comforting a grieving friend or loved one at a wake or funeral say, “He (or she) is in heaven with Jesus
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). We say many “comforting” things to people in “mourning.” Still, I have discovered
I got reminded two months ago that Death is coming for me. The cardiologist, who had incidentally diagnosed my late mother’s atrial fibrillation, told me
I recently went to a funeral at a very large Methodist Church for a neighbor who had become a friend. While the Protestant service was very
Does God forgive deathbed converts? Of course. This shouldn’t even be a head-scratcher. However, some people don’t take kindly to the notion that God might
Over the last two years, all of us witnessed politicians trying to out-do each other with respect to safety. Keeping everyone safe from a microscopic
After the sixties music expanded our minds, and before disco and stadium rock dominated the airwaves, the singer-songwriter genre took a firm hold in the
Fifteen times it is that I have had the privilege – the blessing – of having a child in my womb for the past almost
November is traditionally considered the month of the faithful departed because November 2nd is the day entirely dedicated to prayer for all those who are
I belong to a particular club that no parent wants to belong to. The one titled “I lost a child.” It really doesn’t matter whether
We who are on uncovered ground, Voices sounding in the desert, We the desert, we deserted, We who are sure of our suffering.[i] This Sunday,
The death of a loved one is perhaps the most difficult of life’s circumstances. It’s a pain that never goes away. I know this for
God’s mercy and justice are perfect. And therein lays a conundrum for some. Just how, they wonder, does perfect mercy and justice work? In our
I like to write about the Jehovah’s Witnesses. They are a dangerous cult that preys on people’s ignorance of Scripture and Church history, so Catholics
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.
Christ is Risen, Alleluia! He is Risen and the whole world rejoices. At the Easter Vigil we sat in darkness as our tiny candles flickered
The four last things: Death, Judgment, Hell, and Heaven. These are the things that our souls are progressing toward daily, as our earthly life moves
It was sometime in January of 2020 that Shirley, age 87, began feeling “not right.” Shirley and her husband Lee agreed it was time to