What About Those Apparitions?
Trudging along two miles of country road in Kettle River, Minnesota, I shifted the back carrier that held my three-year-old son. I was joined by 3,500 other pilgrims…
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Thank You, God!
“Now thank we all our God, with hearts, and hands, and voices.” As a child I sang these words with a full heart. But things change. I don’t…
The Importance of the Family Table
In my experience, one of the most important tools in the parenting toolbox is the dining room table. The table is the place in our busy, modern lives…
Will There Be Marriage in the Afterlife?
Readings for November 10, 2013: Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Given their history, it seems rather strange. After all, for hundreds of years the Jews lived alongside a…
As for Me and My House
Each family must decide what matters to them most. “As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.” -Joshua 24:15, NAB Joshua 24:15 looks good in…
What is it that God wants from me?
There is no shortage of answers laid out in the Catechism or given in Scripture for this most fundamental of questions. And yet, I still find myself asking…
Pray for Fr. Kevin Kayda
I would like to use my article this week to prompt some reflection and prayer. A while back I urged readers to pray for priests. I come to…
Living Beyond the “I”
As a retired person I have the opportunity to listen to a lot of talk radio. I have abandoned the public display of human misery that appears with…
On Emperors and Beanie Babies
Almost everyone knows of the fabled emperor that paraded the streets in his undergarments, believing he was adorned in the finest of cloth that only the foolish could…
Think Like God
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still and consider the wondrous works of God. (Job 37:14, KJV) Have you ever tried to count all the stars in the…