Readings for November 1, 2012: Solemnity of All Saints At age 16, I thought that aspiring to holiness was out of the question. If you really wanted to be holy, I thought, you had to be a priest, nun, or…
All Saints Day: Holiness Is for Everyone!
Can Non-Christians Go to Heaven?
It never fails that in each of my high school religion classes someone asks, “Can a non-Christian go to heaven?” It is an important question that preys on many of us. We have seen people of heroic moral virtue in…
Billboards or Signs?
There’s a billboard between Dallas and Fort Worth sponsored by a group of atheists. It attacks our religious freedom in large letters and bold words. How do we fight evil assault against Christianity and our religious rights, one of the…
Zombies and Evangelization
I don’t really like zombies. That said, I find myself reading about them at a rate that’s…well, it’s strange, especially considering that I don’t really like them (or the genre they’re usually in). Recently, I reviewed a zombie novel and…
As the Seasons Change: The Church Year
As a south Florida resident for over twenty five years the change of seasons passes me by with little notice. This past week I was in New York and Connecticut and I remember how much I loved fall: the leaves,…
The Blind Man Speaks Up
Readings for October 28, 2012: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time There were hundreds in the crowd that day at Jericho. No doubt all of them had needs, many of them urgent. But this Sunday’s gospel tells us that apparently only…
Diary of a Miracle
Tuesday October 9, 2012: I guess I had to ‘bite the bullet.’ I could no longer put off my car repairs. My car has been running rough for a while and in an attempt to save the inevitable pain of…
10 Ways to Share Your Faith with Your Children
As a Catholic, my faith permeates all of what I do. As a Catholic mother, I want to pass my faith on to my children. How do Catholic parents keep our children in our faith? 1. Go to Mass. Seems…
Now and at the Hour of Our Death: Agony, Holy Water, Consolation
The elderly next door neighbor was in the hospital, dying, and my friend Janine had volunteered to babysit the great-grandson. “I’ve never seen anything so terrible,” the boy’s mom, Kara, had confided, distraught, when she came to the house one…
7 Qualities of a New Evangelist
I’ve been watching a lot of Word on Fire videos lately. I’ve been a fan of Father Robert Barron for quite a while, but now you can officially categorize me as a fangirl. I’m going to have t-shirts made and…