Despite one’s personal thinking and the absolute chaos of American politics since the start of the Biden administration, it is difficult not to have any sympathetic thoughts about Joe Biden’s recent...
Over 100 years ago, many Christian missionaries in China were in constant danger from gangs of outlaws, groups of rebel soldiers terrorizing the countryside, and other violent enemies of the Gospel. Four lay...
“[God’s] assistance is always at hand if we are willing to cooperate with it, as the light is present with the sun, if we choose not to shut and wink our eyes willfully.” “A Dialogue Concerning Heresies”/Free Will...
Over 100 years ago, many Christian missionaries in China were in constant danger from gangs of outlaws, groups of rebel soldiers terrorizing the countryside, and other violent enemies of the Gospel. Four lay...
This is the most apt way of describing the great Franciscan saint, St Bernardine of Siena, whose feast day we celebrated on Tuesday 20 May 2025. In his address to a group of pilgrims from Siena on Saturday, 15 March...
I once knew an older woman whose favorite color was red. Her first-ever car was a red convertible; when she wore lipstick, it was always bright red, instead of a softer shade, and when watching football on TV, if one...
Fierce attacks have been, and are, directed mostly against the Catholic Church by those who are hellbent on replacing reality, nature, truth, decency, and common sense with crazy ideologies inspired by the prince of...
We should keep in mind that not only the solemnity of the Ascension, but also the solemnity of Pentecost can be correctly understood only within the context of the mystical Body of Christ, of which Jesus Christ is the...
If we, westerners, had been in the Upper Room on the morning of Pentecost Day we would have had a hard time trying to sort things out and decipher God’s message. Not so for the disciples gathered in it with the Blessed...
Pentecost is a meta-historical event. It transcends our world of time and space. It opens our world to eternal reality. It helps us go into the hub of reality: the Holy Spirit’s presence in the Church. In this sense...
On Pentecost Sunday, we are invited to stop and impress upon ourselves how every single aspect of our life, at all levels, from the biological to the supernatural, is brought into existence, guided and activated by the...
If you know anything about the history of college football, and especially if you’re a Michigan Wolverines fan, you’ve probably heard of Tom Harmon. Over seventy years ago, he was a star running back at the University...
Pentecost is the birthday of the Church! Its conception had been very quiet: from the side of the first Adam asleep, Eve, the mother of humanity, came forth. From the opened side of Jesus, asleep in death, on mount...
One of the principal reasons Christians are not more effective in evangelizing the world is because we have not fully assimilated the reality of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus rose from the dead...
What are the things that you would change in our Church, in our city, in our family, in our nation, in the world? As you compile your list, let me try to anticipate it by offering a simple solution to any of the...
With the solemnity of Pentecost practically on our doorsteps it would be wise and helpful to appreciate, at least with a small dose, this great liturgical feast that we, as Church, will soon be celebrating. In effect...
The Near-Death Experience Research Foundation claims that more than 15 million Americans have had a Near-Death Experience (NDE); that is, they have come close to death or experienced clinical death as established by no...
Pentecost is the birthday of the Church in the power of the Holy Spirit. For this reason it should not surprise us to realize that his divine work has woven all pages of the Bible into a most masterful tapestry filled...
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.” (John 22:23) The unmistakable...
We could spend the rest of our life speaking about the Holy Spirit and still have only begun to cover this most awesome subject. The Holy Spirit is the very Life of God and we are destined to share ever more fully in...
The prayer that begins with this petition is my favorite and the favorite of millions of people of various religious denominations around the world. A musical version of the prayer, “Make me a channel of your peace,” is...
Many years ago, while on vacation, my family and I traveled northwest to see the Canadian Rocky Mountains. We drove to Banff and Jasper National Parks in Canada. We traveled along Canadian highway 1A till we reached...
War and societal strife have plagued humanity for centuries. During our Lord’s public ministry, He specifically addressed the need for peace in matters of one or more parties feeling wronged by another. The virtue...
Despite one’s personal thinking and the absolute chaos of American politics since the start of the Biden administration, it is difficult not to have any sympathetic thoughts about Joe Biden’s recent announcement that he...
This is the most apt way of describing the great Franciscan saint, St Bernardine of Siena, whose feast day we celebrated on Tuesday 20 May 2025. In his address to a group of pilgrims from Siena on Saturday, 15 March...
My children sometimes talk about things Tom and I got right in our parenting. It’s a blessing that they notice these things and hope to include them in their own parenting. The most recent example of this is my older...
Growing up, I remember having a keen interest in real estate shows. These many years later, I think they interested me because as the hosts moved from town-to-town, neighborhood-to-neighborhood, and house-to-house, they...
There are many kinds of joy. We find joy of celebration in family events such as graduations, weddings, and the birth of children. There is joy in holidays like Christmas, Easter, birthdays, or anniversaries. Joy of...
On May 8, 2025, feast of Our Lady of Pompei, the papal conclave made of 133 cardinals, elected Fr Robert Francis Prevost OSA, on the fourth ballot. He took the name of Leo XIV. As he himself explained later, which...
“Brain death,” or death by neurological criteria is a legal fiction that is refuted by sound medicine, philosophy, and theology. As I will substantiate in this paper and I substantiated in my previous paper in the...
Since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, more than 11,400 Ukrainians have sought refuge in Australia. All in all, Ukrainian refugees have largely been met with empathy. The Labor government expedited humanitarian...
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