Catholic Journal

Hope Rekindled: A Nation’s Time of Trial

Many Christians find themselves in a time of deep unease, as the Land Down Under reels from the seismic shock of the 2025 federal election. On May 3, 2025, Anthony Albanese led Labor to a landslide victory —...

The Immaculate Heart of Mary

In early June, when we celebrated the feast day of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, my heart started reflecting about it. As my reflection started to evolve, I came to realize that what is special about this...

Recent Essays

Seeking Holiness

“God will not be outdone in generosity.” This powerful message has been stated by many authors over the centuries. But its implications have seldom been fully probed. It is quite obviously a reminder of...

Love is a Verb

I don’t know about you, but whenever I hear the word, love, I am immediately drawn to words that convey an action; for you English majors, verbs! In his poem, These I Can Promise, Mark Twain relates...

A Catholic View of “Breaking Bad”

TV blockbusters ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul’ never had a scene involving religion, save for using God’s name in vain. A meditation in The Word Among Us for a June Sunday [2025, p. 50] asks us to see how Jesus...

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The Mob and the American Flag

Protesting perceived unfairness has played an important part in American history ever since its fight to overthrow their absentee masters in London. It is easy to say this country had been founded on Protest, even some...

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May Saints Peter and Paul Inspire Us

It should be encouraging for us to reflect upon the virtues of these two main pillars of our Church: St. Peter and St. Paul, because we can more easily identify with them and their flaws like ours. Peter had the...

The Killing of a President

The list of regime changes and assassinations in the history of the world is long and dynamic. It is and has been part of the flow and change in countries around the globe. Few nations have been exempt from this...

Returning to Common Sense

Americans continue to wonder what has happened to our country. For example, we’ve gone from requiring parental permission for students to take an aspirin to school, to allowing them to change their genders without...

Signs of the Holy Spirit

Once there was a suburban parish that wanted a special painting for the church vestibule, honoring the Holy Spirit and Pentecost; the theme would be that, through the Church, God calls all nations to be one family. A...

The Work of the Spirit in Our Lives

Mention of a strong, driving wind and tongues of fire, found in the first reading (Acts 2:1-11) for Pentecost Sunday offers fitting images of the unmatched power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the very power and...