When China was taken over the by Communists in 1949, some Catholic religious sisters were imprisoned for their faith. Their guards ordered them not to pray, and to mock them, they often asked, “Now where is...
Slow me down, Lord. Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind. Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time. Give me, amid the confusion of the day, the calmness of the...
Nowadays, there is a lot of restlessness in our hearts and our minds deal frequently with heavy concerns. Hence, as believers, we look toward heaven and sigh as if to tell the Lord that we are placing ourselves and our...
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 the Fifth Sunday of Easter, here is a very important question: what is our reaction to what Paul and Barnabas tell us today? They tell us that it is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the Kingdom of...
“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...
Jesus introduces himself as our Shepherd. Perhaps the Psalm most familiar and dearest to us is Psalm 23: “the Lord is my Shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.” However, even in our familiarity with that Psalm we are...
It is springtime when my fancy usually turns to baseball. Though I have never been a St. Louis Cardinals fan, they have usually been a part of any baseball conversation, especially when we lived in St. Louis. Lately...
My recent journey to Rome during the Jubilee of Deacons was intended as a spiritual pilgrimage, an exploration of faith, and an opportunity to experience the magnanimity of the Church’s traditions. However, it...
Most people wonder why they don’t encounter miracles or even experience God’s presence in their lives. As already discussed, we must first surrender our whole selves to God. If we haven’t truly surrendered, we are...
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