Take Up Your Cross, Parents
Being a parent is wonderful. It has made my life richer and better. That doesn’t mean it’s easy, though; let’s be honest. It’s also a challenge — but…
Faith Library
Author: Joe Wetterling
Remain here, and watch with me
Last month, I reflected on the first Sorrowful Mystery in light of my first morning praying outside of the local abortion clinic, as part of 40 Days for…
Abortion and the Way of Crowds
Not long ago, I spent my first morning standing outside of the local abortion clinic, praying as part of 40 Days for Life. It’s hard to describe that…
5 Lies We Once Believed
1..Cocaine is good for you. It was marketed to people with toothaches. About one hundred years ago, if you had a toothache, you could buy cocaine from your…
Pulling the Weeds of Sin
St. Maximilian Kolbe wrote: The more light of God’s grace within a soul, the better we will see the weeds and imperfections at every step. The Sacred Scriptures…
Vulnerability
We’re all sinners. We hurt each other. We hurt each other even when we purport to love each other. In fact, it is easiest to hurt when we…
You Can’t Win
You can’t win. You can’t. But that’s nothing new. Jesus and John faced the same problem: “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children…
At the Service of Truth
I recently had the pleasure of attending Sean McAfee’s class on the Social Media Magisterium. Among the readings was Pope Paul VI’s 1972 Message for the World Social…
Chiseling at God’s Workmanship
We are God’s workmanship. But.. when will we be done? When will we each become who we’re supposed to be? “On learning that weather erodes granite one inch…
How Different the Saints
On the last page of Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis writes: “Until you have given up your whole self to Him, you will not have a real self.…