When it was evening, the disciples of Jesus went down to the sea, embarked in a boat, and went across the sea to Capernaum. It had already grown dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.The sea was stirred up because a strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed about three or four [...]
After listening to a great talk issued by Lighthouse Catholic Media’s new young adult line, Truth be Told, I found myself greatly in need of an emotional chastity makeover. The talk, entitled “Why Do Women Do That?” and given by Lisa Cotter, examined the way a woman’s mind works, how men should best respond, and [...]
One of the fruits of the Council and the New Evangelization as a whole is the lay apostolate: lay men and women discerning and identifying ways to use their gifts and vocations to serve the Church. That is why I’m featuring a new apostolate that launches TODAY right here in my home state. It’s an apostolate [...]
God has called the members of His Church to a specific state in life. He has called some to the priesthood, others to the consecrated life, others to marriage, and some to the single life. Over the years, I have seen numerous online articles and debates that discussed which vocation should be considered the greatest. [...]
Dear Discerning Young Catholic, Underachieving in the realm of morality has become so commonplace in our world that we have begun to pretend that sin is transcendent behavior just to make ourselves feel better. There is nothing transcendent about sleeping with someone on the first date, but these days an astounding number of romance movies [...]
I heard it again, another reference to the recent closure of 100+ parishes in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, due to a so-called “lack of vocations,” which raises the question: Is there a lack of vocations? Surely we have to say this if there are not enough priests to serve in those communities, but we alsohave [...]
The other day I walked into our bathroom to encounter a small stack of towels, folded on the floor—the same stack my wife had earlier asked our eighth grade son to put away. She hadn’t told him to put the towels on the shelf rather than the floor. Hence the stack on the floor. This [...]
This exciting edition of The Warrior Catholic Show broadcast live the same day as our new Pope was elected! The first hour of the show discusses the new Pope and also explores the issue of overreacting school teachers to gun imagery in classrooms. There are student across the nation who have been suspended due to [...]
There are as many paths to God as there are people, said Pope Benedict XVI in his 1999 interview with German journalist Peter Seewald. That being said, the then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger continued, all paths lead to Christ Jesus, who is the way, the Truth, and the light. When living out one’s vocation, one must think of [...]
“But what if there really were two paths? I want to be on the one that leads to awesome.” The path that leads to awesome. What will that look like in your life? Are you on it now? The path that leads you to awesome may very well be the one less traveled. It may [...]
Why do we need servers at all? Before diving into my argument about how certain servers kill priestly vocations, let me make one thing clear. Servers are not absolutely necessary to the Mass. The Mass is a participation in the eternal sacrifice. In as much as this is the case, everything that we do on [...]
Anybody that knows me or follows me on twitter will tell you, I LOVE the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. I live only 15 minutes from their motherhouse convent in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Most Sunday evenings, you will find me sitting in the back of the chapel, listening to their angelic voices [...]
Catholic singles, especially the ladies, have many things they do to prepare for the day they say “I do” and begin their married lives. There’s the age-old tradition of stocking a Hope Chest, full of useful and sentimental things for a future home, or the habit of writing letters to a future husband/wife, to [...]
Over the past several weeks, faithful Catholics have been circling the wagons in an attempt to understand what’s gone wrong with the culture, and what one ought to do going forward. The recent election, more than any other in recent history, has struck a nerve. But don’t worry, I’m not writing about the election today. [...]
From the Roman collar to the brown scapular, the Church has developed a plethora of physical signs one can sport to testify to his faith or vocation. A more recent one which- though not invented by the Church- is gaining popularity not only in various Christians circles but also in Catholic communities, is the purity [...]
Maybe you love your parish and it’s almost perfect, but it’s missing just one little thing – a niche for you. The priest is great, his homilies are good, you approve of the music, and the tabernacle is where it’s supposed to be (right in the middle, behind the alter). If your parish could use some community [...]
Anyone who watches the news is probably aware of the debate between the Vatican and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). It’s been all over the news and is usually…
Last year, Sr. Lisa challenged me to examine my vocation and I did… kind of. Tony called me on my bull you-know-what, correctly so. I spent the next while asking a lot of questions I never wanted to fully explore.
Yesterday, the Church celebrated a plethora of saintly feast days. Two of those saints were Anne and Joachim, the humble parents of Christ’s Blessed Mother. In honor of their great feast day, I would like to reflect upon the couple’s role as parents, and examine the influence of another holy couple upon a more modern-day [...]
Meghan’s parents were with her as she waited to check in at the airport. Her father asked her again, “Why are you doing this?” With honest simplicity, she replied, “Dad, like I’ve told you, I can’t explain it. I just know I have to do this.” What was it that Meghan felt so compelled to [...]
Life has a way of coming up and tossing you the unexpected, and I encountered a new twist in life just recently when I got engaged. You see, for years I had prayed, dreamed and waited for that special someone to come into my life. I surrounded myself with like-minded girlfriends and my beloved sisters. [...]
I have always loved Fresh Air with Terry Gross on National Public Radio (NPR). She is the perfect interviewer, intelligent, compassionate, and always knowledgeable about her interviewee. She has an amazing ability to keep her personality vanilla enough not to distract from the main attraction, the person being interviewed. Of course, she has bad days, [...]
Q. How do you pronounce “ignitum”? A. Well, you have some options. The Romans would have said ig-NEE-toom. In church, we’d say “in-YEE-toom.”
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