Reflections on Veronica’s Veil
The sixth Station of the Cross is Veronica wiping the face of Jesus. While this story does not appear in any of the Gospel accounts of the Passion,…
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What Will You Give Up For the Kingdom?
I was just reading about a teacher who asked his students to imagine that they were living in the South during the height of slavery. He asked all…
They Want You To Feel Alone
Have you ever felt like the world no longer makes sense to you? Do you look at the chaos on the news and the general breakdown of all…
Bread Upon the Waters
I love stories about real heroes, and Deanna Klingel’s book for young adults is just that. Bread Upon the Water is the true story of Father Tien Duong, a Catholic…
Holy Hacks to holiness
Since the days of the Amazing Grace book series, Patti Maguire Armstrong, author of Holy Hacks: Everyday Ways to Live Your Faith and Get to Heaven, has been…
You Don’t Have to Be a Saint to Save Someone
One of the biggest internal obstacles to people sharing the Gospel is their own personal sense of sinfulness. “How can I tell others to live more Christ-like when…
Public Sin vs. Private Sin
Brebeuf Jesuit High School in Indiana has been at the center of a news story. One of their faculty members has entered into a same-sex “marriage.” The Archbishop…
Around the Year with Von Trapp Family
Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family by Maria Augusta Von Trapp is surprisingly upbeat and joyful, especially when we recall that in The Sound of Music…
Are You Catholic?
Many of us Catholics, if asked what our religion is, will respond, … “I am Catholic”. But are you really? Do you say you are Catholic because you…
Good Deed Dilemma
So when you give something to a needy person, do not make a big show of it, as the hypocrites do…they do it so people will praise them…but…