I have wondered quite frequently since the presidential election last year if various attacks were going to come against our new...

I once heard a Priest admit: "although I work hard to be blameless in my interactions with children and with women, I am constantly...

I hear a lot of talk these days (from many different sources) about the need for priests to "walk together with their people" (which is...

I heard it again. Someone asked a question and the response was "there's an app for that!". Yikes! I have said before that there are apps...

"It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey." St. Ignatius of Loyola

Made you look! Yes, I thought that line would get your attention. No, there is not a Bishop, to my knowledge, who has done this. Yet we...

While in college and (protestant) seminary I was taught that the Catholic Church invented the idea of Purgatory sometime in the middle...

One of the "seven spiritual works of mercy" is "patience". This is sometimes also referred to as "bearing wrongs patiently". Americans...

Why does the Church not approve of divorce? Why do (good) tribunals work slowly to grant a declaration of nullity to an invalid marriage?...

I once spoke with someone who was absolutely, thoroughly, one hundred percent, convinced that dinosaurs died out 252 million years ago. I...

A few years ago I was at St. George right before a Sunday Mass and a visitor showed up. I went through my usual introductions and "heads...

"He who endeavors to ascend to the highest place rises by degrees or steps, and not by leaps." St. Gregory the Great

Jesus tells us to pray for our enemies, so we should; no doubt about it. Yet, if we are to pray for our enemies, then should we not also...

When was the last time you did something you really did not want to do? Did you just put up with it, or were you forced into it? Did you...

How do you approach the first few chapters of the book of Genesis? Do you look at them with a presumption that they are nothing more than...

I do not want to put too much emphasis on anything. I do, however, want to put enough emphasis on those things that have been...

Is flexibility good? That is a loaded question, and I know it. Flexibility might be good in some situations, and bad in others. One place...

Your commmitment to your parish, what is it supposed to look like? If you were to make a comparison with personal relationships, how...

“Let the entire man be seized with fear; let the whole world tremble; let heaven exult when Christ, the Son of the Living God, is on the...

Have you ever wondered why we have to take a test on certain websites to figure out whether we are a robot or not? I'm pretty sure I...