The first millennial to be canonized a saint was the Italian teenager, Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at the age of fifteen in 2006, just twenty years ago. At the age of six he made his First Communion, and from then on was a daily communicant...
Do you want to become saints? Here is the secret: confession is the lock; confidence in your confessor is the key. This is how you open heaven’s gates. St John Bosco (1815-88) According to The Catechism of the Catholic Church, those who receive the...
Fear no one! (Matthew 10:26) This statement from Jesus can be better understood if taken together with what is written in the preceding verses. In colorful yet mysterious tones, Jesus conveys in them the notion of the explosive energy of the Gospel...
Union General and future President Ulysses S. Grant was absolutely correct when he described war as Hell, a literal place of fire and brimstone. I have already explored the reasons there have been very few years in...
Do you want to become saints? Here is the secret: confession is the lock; confidence in your confessor is the key. This is how you open heaven’s gates. St John Bosco (1815-88) According to The Catechism of the Catholic...
Fear no one! (Matthew 10:26) This statement from Jesus can be better understood if taken together with what is written in the preceding verses. In colorful yet mysterious tones, Jesus conveys in them the notion of the...
The first millennial to be canonized a saint was the Italian teenager, Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at the age of fifteen in 2006, just twenty years ago. At the age of six he made his First Communion, and from...
The first millennial to be canonized a saint was the Italian teenager, Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at the age of fifteen in 2006, just twenty years ago. At the age of six he made his First Communion, and from...
Fear no one! (Matthew 10:26) This statement from Jesus can be better understood if taken together with what is written in the preceding verses. In colorful yet mysterious tones, Jesus conveys in them the notion of the...
We cry out for spiritual guidance on moral issues that, though not unique to our time, are different in many ways from the past. Of course, the Bible and Church provide guidance, but it would be even more helpful if...
At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. We should not have any trouble believing that Jesus is crying inside; that...
Yes, as a Catholic, I find the annual observance of “Pride Month” difficult. The rainbow given to Noah after the flood (Genesis 9:13-17) is now closely associated with political, cultural, and ideological movements that...
Catholicism has logic. Catholicism has reasoning. Catholicism has a way of life and of thinking. His way, not ours. Reading any one of the following would be of great spiritual benefit. De Sales, St. Francis. 2010. An...
“God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.” This most powerful statement made by Jesus about the extent of our Father’s...
A U.S. Army chaplain was stationed in Europe, and one Sunday he said Mass for a group of American servicemen and women in a large cathedral; the them of his homily was: “Be proud of your Catholic faith, and don’t be...
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