My mother, both of her sisters, and their mother all had breast cancer. My Aunt Emma Jean is the...
Before proceeding, let me clarify the purpose of this reflection. Daycare in a time of genuine...
One summer morning a farmer named Ned was helping his neighbor Willy build a new fence, but the work was going slowly. Finally, Ned deliberately dropped a fence post in a muddy puddle of water, splattering both men with...
I became Catholic in 1996 and discovered the Latin Mass in 2008. That year I read many essays on the differences between the traditional Mass and the Novus Ordo. I remember how many of the Novus Ordo apologists talked...
It was a loud, almost raucous, crowd that had assembled in the large building. Today would mark a major moment in their lives. Soon the man who would preside over the festivities stepped out onto the raised platform and...
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...
Once upon a time there was a woman who was very proud of the fact that she greatly wanted peace in the world and an end to all warfare and violence, crime, family divisions, hunger, poverty, disease, and every other...
The expression “pity party” gained widespread use during the latter part of the twentieth century. Perhaps you’ve been to one, as I know I have. With just one attendee, it is a party where we dwell upon our own...
Helena Kmieć comes from Libiąż, a town west of Kraków. Poles have only a vague sense of where it is. Let us be honest: most Australians and Americans’ knowledge of Europe becomes hazy beyond Italy, Germany, and France...
Is it true that “we are what we eat?” It depends on what one means by it, I guess; but it is true for those who heed Jesus’ challenging words: Whoever eats my flesh and drinks by blood remains in me and I in him. (Jn...
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