The Devil Had a Field Day and Almost Won
Forgive Me, Father, For I Have Sinned When you’re in the confessional, either old-style behind a screen and on your knees or sitting on a
Forgive Me, Father, For I Have Sinned When you’re in the confessional, either old-style behind a screen and on your knees or sitting on a
Lent is the ideal season for Confession. Of course, all seasons are ideal for Confession in their own ways; but Lent is the best. Especially
There have been attempts over the centuries to describe the human being as a particular kind of animal. Aristotle famously described the human being as
Maybe it’s time to turn back to God. In times of trial—health, economic or societal turmoil, for instance—a person’s stress and anxiety can increase dramatically.
Does sin have a social aspect? This question is one key to understanding the recent refusal by Fr. Scott Nolan of St. Stephen in Grand
I was baptized when I was a baby but not raised as a Catholic. My parents were young when they had me, and I was
When we receive ashes on the Day of Ashes, or Ash Wednesday, while the priest make the sign of the cross on our foreheads with
On December 10, 1925, Our Lady appeared to Sister Maria Lucia of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart, in her convent. Sister Lucia was one
When I was a kid, I would go to Mass and stand up in the back of the church with my foot up against the
Early one brisk January evening a few years ago, I was driving to a speaking engagement at a parish in North Seattle. As I exited