Embracing the Love, Mercy and Blessing of Christ
In multiple places in Scripture, we are admonished to persevere despite difficulties. In the story of Christ and the Syrophoenician woman, for example, recounted in
In multiple places in Scripture, we are admonished to persevere despite difficulties. In the story of Christ and the Syrophoenician woman, for example, recounted in
There is an interesting linguistic phenomenon called “false friends.” They are a bane of middle school foreign language learners – and often even those beyond.
The eve of Advent may seem to be one of the least propitious junctures at which to raise the likely all-time least-favorite theological issue of
The source of all miracles is love. All true love comes from God, for God is love. We have come to know and to believe
History tells us that in July of the year 64, Italy’s city of Rome burned. The fire destroyed two-thirds of the city and the Emperor
There’s a saying: “If ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ were candy and nuts, we’d all have a Merry Christmas.” Well, I don’t know about that—candy and nuts
We often pray for God to work miracles in others’ lives, to convert and change their hearts, but we don’t persist in asking God to
My parents have been living with me and my family during this past year. My father had congestive heart failure and was put on hospice
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
To be bitter or better, that is the question. One would think the choice would be easy to make. However, what does our internal will
Call it a “millennial aversion to commitment,” or even weak moral courage, but shortly after coming back to the faith during my freshman year of
How often have we heard that hindsight is 20/20? In other words, it’s easy to know the right thing to do after something has happened,
As we celebrate the birth of our Savior, do we contemplate Jesus Christ being formed within each of us? Perhaps we think we are not
I recently underwent a medical emergency that required an amputation of the remainder of my left foot and part of my leg. I am now
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
If I had to pick one thing I don’t love about being Catholic, the proof for the existence of Hell would be one of the
Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, ‘Before the cock crows twice you will deny me three times. He broke down
Ever since sin came into the world with the Fall of Adam and Eve, human beings have experienced an emptiness. Because of this emptiness, the
Perfect love does not happen without suffering. Though it may sound contradictory, we often find the deepest joys of our lives emerge only after periods
The Rich Man and Lazarus Pope Francis, in his 2017 Lenten Message, speaks of the Parable of The Rich Man and Lazarus. The rich man
“Divine immutability” refers to the unchangeableness of our perfect God. Many of the pagan gods, both throughout history and still today, are not perfect. They
“You are nothing but a fleck of matter, why are you letting this upset you?” I heard these words when I was upset and seeking