Each year, as the Christmas season approaches, I find myself caught up in sweet surrender to the mystery of the incarnation. I am overwhelmed with
Every year, I help to plan the annual Connecticut Catholic Men’s Conference. The 2019 event on October 19th was a great success, with inspiring speakers,
The Church teaches that she is necessary for salvation. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church says, “all salvation comes from Christ the Head through
How many people in the world today sell their souls for the Almighty dollar, rather than giving their souls to the Almighty? Sadly, lots of
Recently I began binge-watching one of my all-time favorite TV shows, The Fugitive (QM Productions, 1963-67), which tells the story of Dr. Richard Kimble (David
In considering the good and evil in the world, it is not apparently obvious that the wicked actually play a role in our salvation. I
The Gospel of John recounts a clandestine meeting, under the cover of darkness, between Jesus and a ruler of the Jews, a Pharisee named Nicodemus.
We’ve all experienced suffering in some way. It is a plight of humanity. Yet, to define suffering is not so easy because it comes in
When getting into conversations about salvation, especially with non-Christians, it’s typically difficult to navigate all the nuances that come with such a weighty subject. We
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
One of the joys in living in an area like the Diocese of Knoxville, which is approximately 3 percent Catholic, is that there are many
Earlier this summer my wife and I became friends with a young person, about the same age as us, who let us know that they
Many in the Church have made serious assertions that we can have a reasonable hope that at the Final Judgement Hell will be empty –
I have faced difficult situations countless times, finally learning to surrender control to God after playing god becomes too exhausting. Often He has surprised me
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” (Isaiah 43:1b, RSV-CE) When my son Adam was a
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of
Something chilling and sinister is going on with the meaning of the word ‘authenticity.’ It’s becoming ever more apparent that ‘authenticity’ is being separated from
We Catholics are familiar with Lent as a time of fasting and penance. We are told every year that during this time we ought to
As any Bible reading Christian knows, a frequent theme throughout scripture is doing good – not evil. From the Ten Commandments to the Beatitudes, there
What does salvation mean? For a good part of my life, this particular doctrine was the subject of countless hours of contemplation and spiritual struggle.
Forty years ago, when I was still a Protestant, I looked at Catholics with suspicion. Catholicism seemed like a cult that worshiped Mary and idolized
In the article “The Ideal and the Real” discussing the Exhortation, Amoris Latetia (Joshua J. McElwee, Nat’l Cath. Reporter April 22- May 5, 2016), what