"If it were given to a man to see virtue’s reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good...

A couple months ago, I spoke with the men of St. George parish at a Roundtable meeting about the importance of singing in the Mass. We...

Politics gives me a headache. American politics give me a headache and an upset stomach. I have been open before about how I do not agree...

A former Episcopalian who had converted and joined the Catholic Church years ago, once said to me that he did not want to join the...

Priests are not rubrics; and priests are not the church. What is a "rubric"? Those are the liturgical rules written in the books like the...

Whenever I hear about a suicide, I always feel a bit of emptiness inside. I think it is because I briefly imagine the utter hopelessness...

Usually when people are getting along, they try to be as kind as they can to each other. And, usually when people get in a fight, they...

"Attribute to God every good that you have received. If you take credit for something that does not belong to you, you will be guilty of...

I do not usually give links here to other sites, but I want all my readers to hear our own Bishop Lopes. This is him speaking about...

Finally a qualifier from St. Thomas to help keep us from legalistic interpretations: In the New Law the observance of the Lord’s day took...

A pharmacist once told me that in 20 years he had never seen someone come for a prescription on Sunday that could not wait until Monday....

Having heard from many of my parishioners who grew up Catholic that they were "never told" that we are required to abstain from servile...

Every year in June I am reminded at the amazing coincidence (?) of the feast day of St. Charles Lwanga and his companions. They were...

By now, I suspect that many of you have heard about the kerfuffle in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina. Apparently the new Bishop...

If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He has great designs for you, and that He certainly intends to make you a saint. St....

For someone who lived in the second century A.D. it was not difficult to understand things that the Apostles and others in the early...

It seems that everywhere I look, people are trying to say that Pope Leo is, "clearly going to continue the direction of Francis". Well,...

What is Jesus doing right now? Do you think about that often? Every Scriptural reference (both predictions and descriptions) to Jesus'...

You may not know this, but there are already fake videos that have floated around the web of Pope Leo doing and saying things (things...

We all hope for a quick fix to our problems, but that is usually not the best for us. I once had someone tell me a long story about...