Die, Rise, and Go – The Process of Evangelization
In the liturgical year we are now reliving the first novena: the original nine days of prayer between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost Sunday. In that time, the disciples…
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40 Days After Easter
We are in the Easter Season. It always struck me as a strange quirk of our modern society that we have such a hard time keeping track of…
Wrestling with God
In the Book of Genesis, Jacob was asleep, anticipating the next day. He was camped away from his old home, afraid of his older brother Esau. Years earlier,…
Clarity and Confusion
There is a song that was particularly dear to me many years ago when I came to my conversion experience. One of the lyrics goes “Lord, take the…
Reverence and Protest at Mass
Very recently at St. Francis Church in Portland, Oregon, a group of parishioners thought it would be a good idea to stage a protest during Holy Mass. The…
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…
Can A Catholic Ever Choose Abortion?
Right now in our Culture War, we have several pieces of legislation passing in different states that are the extremes of the abortion question. Some, like New York,…
Christianity and Communism
A few days ago, I had a friend of mine ask me what are the differences between Christianity and Communism. He asked because some of his associates were…
Embracing Edith Stein: Wisdom for Women from St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross by Anne Costa
Do you ever sense the Holy Spirit introducing you to people so they can help you on your journey? I often do. And thanks to the Holy Spirit…