I read often lately about how many parishes are restoring their communion rails. This is a very good thing (especially since it was...

I have always had a healthy distrust in those who are immersed in scientific euphoria. Then, after the Covid farce that was thrown on us,...

I am on the road today, heading down to Houston for the Ordinariate's Chrism Mass tonight. The ease with which we travel around these...

Someone sent me a link the other day about a father whose son was killed by a fellow classmate at a school track meet. It was a very sad...

Sometimes it is stunning when we, as Catholics, are called upon to defend a Scriptural practice before people who claim to believe the...

A few years ago there was this study that asked all American Catholic priests to answer questions about their ministry. The results were...

"The only reason for my being killed is that I have taught the doctrine of Christ. I thank God it is for this reason that I die." St....

Have you ever had a gift given to you that you really did not appreciate, and then you put it away somewhere and forgot about it? Then,...

Some people are afraid to explain themselves. I am not referring to defending themselves (yet); I mean giving an explanation of who they...

The book of Hebrews tells us (in chapter 12:1-11) that only illegitimate children are without discipline. This was an attitude in the...

I touched on suffering a bit in my previous post. We do need to think of it by itself though. You see, there are various kinds of...

Someone once claimed that he was living the faith rightly because he attended Mass every Sunday. Although it is a good thing to attend...

As I get older, I happen to notice things that I never noticed before; like how beautiful many of the simple things in life actually are....

"Christ made my soul beautiful with the jewels of grace and virtue. I belong to Him whom the angels serve." St. Agnes

I recall speaking to someone once about Priests saying Mass ad orientem (i.e. facing the tabernacle when speaking to God, and the people...

Which is harder -- to get shot with a bullet, or to say "I'm sorry"? Which is harder -- to have a tooth pulled, or to admit publicly that...

Someone I knew years ago, who had a fairly vulgar way of talking once saw something really bad happen and then said to me "that proves...

How do you think about fear? This last Sunday my homily focused on what a good godly fear really is, and a few people asked for a quick...

Why do you sin? No, I do not mean, how do you fall into sin, or why are you tempted with specific sins. I mean: what do you expect to get...

Many people's thinking today is muddy. I came across a statement recently that makes a grand display of muddy thinking. In responding to...