Saint Veronica: Fact Or Fiction?
My meditation on St. Veronica has been ongoing for years now. This Lent, as I sat in the church of St. Veronica praying the Stations
My meditation on St. Veronica has been ongoing for years now. This Lent, as I sat in the church of St. Veronica praying the Stations
If you’re looking for new spiritual reading this Lent, I highly recommend Bathe Seven Times, a contemplative look at the seven capital sins, written by
This essay is dedicated to Saint Lucy, virgin and martyr, in thanksgiving for her intercession on my behalf. I have been experiencing eye irritation on
So many things in our lives are necessary but challenging, and perhaps none more so than prayer. Prayer sustains the life of our souls, yet
So many people are turned off to God and organized, traditional religion because they are angry with God. The excuses for not praying or attending
I have prayed the 23rd Psalm quite often. It is one of my favorite Psalms because it hearkens to Jesus’ own description of Himself as
There are so many hungry souls out there looking for God, yet they do not see that God is right there with them. God is
Recently I listened to a YouTube talk by Dr. David Jeremiah, a non-Catholic Christian, on the rebuilding of the Jerusalem wall by Nehemiah. I never
I have been examining my prayer life lately, and began to wonder if I was praying correctly. I had what I would call a very
There is a sign that someone made on oak tag and hung outside their cubicle in my office. It reads simply “keep moving forward.” It
The Church’s teaching that we must have both trust in God and “fear of the Lord” seems contradictory at first glance. Recently, reflections from an
Because we can’t perceive it with our senses, we may be tempted to regard the world of the angels as ethereal or not quite real.
How often have you heard that phrase “God helps those who help themselves”? I’ve heard it many times and I’ve used it many times. Technically,
People suffer—good people and bad people. When the so-called good people suffer, many of us look at the so-called bad people thriving and complain. Scripture
Introibo ad altare Dei, ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam. “I will go in unto the Altar of God, to God, Who giveth joy to my
I hate John Lennon’s song “Imagine.” The song begins, “Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try, no hell below us, above us only
I have lived almost 53 years on this earth and just now I think I am really starting to “get it.” I don’t mean I
Temptations Temptations, we all have them. It is part of life. It is part of human nature and they will exist until we die. Adam
Does God care if we sin? How does He look at and treat sinful human beings? I started to think and pray about that, pondering
“Out in the street, you don’t survive by being weak. This is our time, walls were made for us to climb. Don’t you try to lock
The sign of the Cross is one of the most widely recognizable and controversial symbols in the world, as well as the most powerful symbol.
This past January, we made the heart-breaking decision to put our beloved dog Ralphie to sleep. Animal lovers understand the grief and the terrible sense