Human fear is a very deep reality in all of us, and as a result it is habitually affecting our thinking and creating firm prejudices.
New Book Showcases Virtues of Saints Throughout the Centuries During Easter Season and Beyond “Against the Grain: Heroic Catholics Through the Centuries” aims to inspire
Lecrae Moore grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. Single mom, drug abuse, the gangsta lifestyle – the whole nine yards. He was
“I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all
He has Risen, He has Risen indeed. Praise the Lord, Glory and Alleluia. I do not think I have ever been so starved to speak
The readings from yesterday are fascinating. In 2 Maccabees 7 we have the famous story of the mother and sons who were tortured for their
The resurrection of the dead is among the central tenets of Catholicism, and indeed of any branch of “mere” Christianity which could be called “orthodox”
According to tradition, the first person to see the Risen Christ was not Mary Magdalene. Tradition has it that Jesus appeared first to His mother,
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are
Very often we assume that we understand the mystery of death and resurrection. Sometimes, children pose some basic questions to us about death and resurrection
Maybe it’s a guy thing, but if someone makes a boast about something, guys just have to challenge them. If someone says, “Oh, I can
The reason I returned to my faith as a teenager was because I was exposed to arguments for the Resurrection of Jesus. Those McDowell-Strobel style
Nearly everything human (and worthwhile) is ritual if you think about it. A purely utilitarian approach to family dining, for example, would consist in standing around
University of St. Thomas-Houston Partners with Word on Fire Institute to Launch First-Ever Master’s Program in Evangelization and Culture New accredited M.A. program opens to
It is worth commenting on the pagan relationship with the Christian Easter. Before reading on you may want to watch the following YouTube video. It
This year, the biggest feast of Christendom happened to fall on the date of our parents’ fortieth wedding anniversary. I find the coincidence fitting. The
At the start of Holy Week, the alarming news came from Singapore — my mother was suffering a stroke, after miraculously surviving a five-day brain
Holy Saturday is a day for Christians that is encompassed by an overwhelming silence, and a somber atmosphere as we reflect upon the mystery, and
…do we celebrate Easter Sunday. This always has to come before, and is always followed by Have you ever stopped to consider the fact that
In roughly 24 hours, the Sacred Triduum will begin. During these three days, the Church commemorates in a solemn manner the Passion, Death, and Burial
In the Old Testament, sins were forgiven through sacrifice. That sounds rather basic, but consider what a sacrifice means. It means that the sinner must
