I Love You: An Idiot’s Apology to Any Skeptic
I love you. Regardless of your viewpoints, actions, successes, failures, rants, and sexuality. I love you in spite of anything and everything you could do
I love you. Regardless of your viewpoints, actions, successes, failures, rants, and sexuality. I love you in spite of anything and everything you could do
Ms. Elia Rivera is the Executive Director of the St. Josemaria Institute in Woodridge, IL which is a suburb of Chicago. With St. Josemaria”s feast
Let’s get two things out there: I am a terrible lover, and I’m not known for being an extraordinarily loving either. A terrible lover –
Psychology, neurology, and mental health/illness are often some of the most misunderstood disciplines in Catholic circles. Many faithful Catholics are correctly and understandably wary of
With the new Pope naming himself after arguably the most renowned beggar who ever lived – Francis of Assisi – some commentators are hoping that
In Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus tells us to “learn from the way the wildflowers grow” (6:28). They do not “work and spin,” they just sway in
On June 9th, I was welcomed into the Third Order of St. Dominic as a Lay Dominican. The spiritual formation that I craved for for
I was on facebook today on a fifteen minute break from the wonderful world of taking calls. I love going on facebook for the simple
All around the World people are making final preparations for World Youth Day in July, my thoughts wandered back to its beginnings. canada generic viagra
If we face up to the facts, we have lost some serious ground in the culture wars. It is not because what we have to
By Joseph Summers “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is
A few weeks ago I wrote something criticizing public schooling over this incident. It got the ire up of friends and family members, many of
Never mind “the Galileo controversy” (a good response to that is here, by the way). The Church should rule the world. One of the things
Abnegation. To be honest until recently I had no idea what that word meant. And probably not surprisingly since it is an idea that isn’t common
The Internet is a great source for conspiracy theories. YouTube especially is rife with ominously voiced over expository segments on the Illuminati and the New
The above quote from Venerable Fulton Sheen caused some consternation on the Ignatius Press Quotables Facebook page, and among some of my friends when I
Reverence (noun): a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration. Reverence has always been a topic of discussion for me and a
Over the past few months, I have witnessed the tears of many people. Some have been tears of joy for an answered prayer. Others have
Abstinence may be a mere means to an end, but it’s often given a bit of a bad rap. Indeed, in the recent spate of
Disciplines, hair shirts, cilices – all things of the past? Perhaps not. Most people are afraid to talk about the subject of corporal mortification. Some
It is not long to go until World Youth Day 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And what a World Youth Day it will be. The first