Once there was a British story named Tom Brown’s School Days; it was about a very popular boy named Tom who was a student at an English boarding school. He and a dozen other boys lived in one of...
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves. (Matthew 11:29) How can Jesus’ “yoke,” (i.e. his challenging teachings) be construed as “easy” and its burden “light?” Jesus’ yoke is...
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 mud. Ned’s wife happened to...
In his monologue to Horatio, Hamlet pays tribute to a long-departed palace figure. Holding his skull, he looks at it fondly and says the memorable words, Alas, poor Yorick I knew him…a fellow of infinite jest…where are...
I recently read an article in the Jesuit magazine America titled “Biden, Benedict and Immigration: How U.S. Border Policy Violates Catholic Teaching.” Knowing that (1) the Jesuits have long been considered to...
According to Servant of God Frank Duff, the answer is yes. In his 32-page booklet published under the same name in 1929, he explains how. Who Is a Saint? Duff says that few Catholics seriously attempt to become a saint...
If you are looking to be more successful in your prayer life, two practices I strongly recommend are to pray with others, and to combine your prayers with some form of penance such as fasting. Fasting may be an alien...
Following Hurricane Katrina back in 2005, and then Hurricane Rita shortly after that, thousands of volunteers from around the country went down South to help the devastated victims of the storms. One of them, a nurse...
During the first four centuries of the Church, many heresies developed regarding Jesus Christ. Finally, at the Council of Chalcedon in 451 A.D., the bishops, united with the Pope, clarified the matter: “We...
There is a proverb that says Curiosity killed the cat. Unsurprisingly, this term has a long and fascinating history. It was first found in a play, Every Man in His Humour, by British polymath, Ben Johnson. Originally...
Jerónima Maria Agnese, was born on 1 September 1592 in Barcelona. She was the last of four children who were born to Cristobál Astorch and Caterina. Unfortunately for Jerónima Maria, her mother died when she was just...
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