Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God
Need a challenge for Advent? How about memorizing the Litany of Loreto? Since the 16th Century the faithful have prayed this exquisitely beautiful litany in
Both normal and morbid curiosity can prompt our desire to know the mysterious details of unknown secrets. It often depends on the source we seek
Pope Francis says clericalism is the cause of the clergy sex abuse scandals. Cardinal Burke contends that the cause is immoral homosexual activity. Who is
My scariest dreams always involve Satan. The most memorable among them was the shortest dream I have ever experienced. In my dream I was lying
I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I
Many of us remember the total chaos that erupted after the contested Bush-Gore election in November of 2000. Our country was gripped by what
How Is That possible? St. Ignatius of Loyola is well-known for praying the Anima Christi prayer. Although he did not author it, Ignatius included and referenced the
When we pray the Lord’s Prayer, do we realize that it is the most perfect prayer? After all, this prayer was given to us by
For twenty years of my life – from age seventeen to thirty-seven – I struggled with an addiction to nicotine. It was an on-again, off-again
As Catholics, we are called to build an open door to our church, a door that both invites others to enter into our fellowship
By the time this article is released I will have celebrated my first anniversary of priestly ordination. The gift of the priesthood and my consecrated
These Things Are Unspeakable When the political philosopher Edmund Burke wrote: “These things are unspeakable, but I cannot remain silent,” he could well have been
I recently watched a movie about the life of St. Joseph of Cupertino, the Franciscan friar and mystic famed for levitating while praying or offering
The Church is God’s temple on earth, and believers are the living stones that form that holy house. We have been called to follow our
Who is to say that God does not put you or me, and no other, specifically at a scene for the very purpose of saying
After roughly three years of public ministry, Jesus took Peter, James, and John up a mountain and revealed His glory to them. They had spent
I was told that my First Holy Communion day would be the happiest day of my life. I found it difficult to believe that it
This month marks the one year anniversary of the passing of an extraordinary man, Fr. Arne Panula. While I never met him personally, I am deeply
Catholics love to ask for the saints’ intercession, and no saint is called upon more often than Mary, the mother of Jesus. While every saint
Here then are a few points I have written down to provide you with a standard of conduct to live up to; but our Lord,
Recently I came across a Portuguese word, “saudade,” which means a melancholic longing for what was lost; a missing person, place or experience that is