A while back a friend sent me a TED talk about a study on happiness. The results did not surprise me, but confirmed exactly what
My wife Jane and I have two little girls, Clare and Louise; Clare turns two this month and Louise is just over six months old.
Maybe you can remember some of the most unpleasant feelings in your life. Heat so scorching that your skin burns, your head throbs, and any
The other night, as I was leaving the St. Joseph Cathedral having attended the Chrism Mass, I saw a homeless woman sitting on the steps to
Conversion is the matter of a moment. Sanctification is the work of a lifetime (285). To reform. Every day a little. This has to be
In one of his greatest works, The Everlasting Man, author G.K. Chesterton takes a few pages to reflect on the Passion of Christ, the Son
The eminent twentieth century theologian Henri de Lubac writes in his Paradoxes of the Faith that there are two important truths to keep in mind
That’s the beautiful message of this gospel of life (evangelium vitae)–that our seemingly feeble attempts at love, our lackluster stutter steps not only make Him proud, but that His strength is most evident in my weakness.
If you do not forgive others, neither will your Heavenly Father forgive you. Jesus could have said this to the scribes and Pharisees accusing the
On March 19, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Joseph. Though he had the treasure of living with the holiest, most amazing two people
Part of the battle to live Lent is to not forget that it is Lent. It is especially hard for busy Catholic professionals caught in
“Despite everything, life is full of beauty and meaning.” ― Etty Hillesum Etty Hillesum was born in the Netherlands in 1914 to Jewish parents. She
Several months ago, I started writing a post about how difficult it is to be Catholic during the peak seasons of political campaigns. Here’s how
My husband – much like his father – gets things done on his own time schedule. If I ask him to fold the laundry or
A very wise teacher once told me that “good things are hard.” While rich with fulfillment and abounding with joy, parenting is definitely something that
“Many of us have had the experience of living in some local pocket of human society – some particular school, college, regiment or profession where
Like Christ, we are condemned to suffer and to die because of sin. He suffers willingly and innocently; we suffer, in the beginning at least,
“I prefer a family with tired faces from generous giving, to a family with faces full of makeup that know nothing of tenderness and compassion.
Between the release of the official teaser trailer and the full-blown trailer to Fuller House, the two videos have racked up over 18 million views
