Even if it is incorrect because the earth is spherical, instinctively we look up in the sky whenever we think of heaven, and we look down into the bowels of the earth whenever we think of hell. As always, the...
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...
Worried about the future? Over eat or under eat? Irritable at times? Get headaches or belly aches? Avoid or sit out of social activities? Can’t focus? Well, this was another one of my favorite lectures in psychology...
In the first part of the 20th century, the Church’s position on sexuality was clear: Sex outside of marriage was sinful; sex between a married man and woman was normal, as long as every act of intercourse was open...
A freshman wit, named John Bat Masterson, became friends with me and my roommate Peter in our sophomore year at the Cross. He was a very nervous and quirky fellow who quickly became the brunt of several nasty...
A Christian author named Tony had been visiting a city for the first time and planned to drive home after attending the Sunday morning worship service of a local church. At one point in the service a man prayed aloud...
The readings for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time show us the love interaction that is happening within the Holy Trinity in which we are living by our being one with the Son Jesus Christ. A simple fact: God’s love...
“Out West there was a sheep farmer whose farm was right next to a cattle ranch, and the rancher’s dogs kept coming onto his land and killing his sheep, one or two a month. Several times the sheep farmer respectfully...
On Friday, January 3rd, we celebrated the feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. Regularly, we Franciscans promulgate the Holy Name of Jesus. The first person which comes to mind is surely the Franciscan friar St...
At the end of the funeral Holy Mass, the priest is instructed to incense the body of the deceased. This is the first thought that came to mind while I was reflecting on the feast of the Baptism of our Lord. Do you not...
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