Saint Peter, One of Us

I sometimes imagine a dialogue between God and Humanity where we complain to Him. HUMANITY: God, you are too far above us!  How can we ever hope to be perfect as You are perfect? GOD:  I understand.  So I shall…

To Follow (or Not to Follow) Your Heart

Our hearts burn within us, especially when we are young.  God did not make us emotionless robots, but creatures of intense feeling and passion.  There is a reason that most of the songs on the radio are songs about love…

Why Doesn’t the Holy Spirit Have a Face?

I don’t know if you were like me growing up, but I had a hard time wrapping my mind around the nature of the Holy Spirit.  I knew He was important because He’s mentioned with the Father and the Son. …

Pope Francis: What’s in a Name?

On April 16, 1210, Pope Innocent III had an audience with a beggar.  This beggar travelled long and far by foot to see the Holy Father.  But the pope was troubled by a strange dream from the night before.  In…

Getting Others to Listen to the Gospel

The Gospel is the Good News.  So why does it seem so often like people do not want to hear it? Have you ever tried to teach a class or give a witness or just speak one on one with…

Five Legacies of Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI has officially stepped down from the Chair of Peter.  He is the first pope to do so in many centuries.  His time as pope was very brief compared to his predecessor, John Paul II.  But even in…

Sinners in the Church

People often point out how sinful the Church is.  Whether it was the sexual abuse scandal in all of the headlines or the hypocrites trying to kill each other getting out of the parking lot after mass, our Church seems…

Conviction and Compromise

Chad Torgerson recently wrote a wonderful article here at NewEvangelizers.com about never compromising our values.  There are certain fundamentals in our world that have become political footballs, but they should never be treated as such by the faithful. From the…

Why are we still waiting?

In the old version of the mass, the priest would invite us to proclaim the mystery of faith, and we would sing: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. The first sentence is in the past tense. …

Homosexuality and Marriage

Editor’s Note: This is the follow-up of W.L. Grayson’s previous post, Homosexuality and the Modern Problem. I wrote in an earlier article about the modern problem when it comes to winning the cultural war regarding homosexuality. To sum up the…