Why Call God “Father?”
This June not only the USA but 55 other countries around the world will honor the roles fathers play in the family and the community. This modern secular…
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Trinity Sunday: Is it Relevant?
Readings for June 15, 2015: Trinity Sunday Many are ready to give a polite nod of some sort to Jesus of Nazareth. Most honor him as a great…
Scapegoating the Body
I recently completed what I think is my 10th year of catechizing 6th-graders in Wednesday Night Sunday School. I love teaching, but I like to also sit down…
Lessons of the Sower, Part 3: The Thorns
In our last two articles we reflected on the nature of distraction and how Satan uses that to keep us from letting Christ into our lives, and how…
The Spirit Makes All the Difference
Readings for June 8, 2014: Pentecost Sunday As a teen, I thought the clergy were supposed to do everything. We laity were just called to pray, pay,…
Marriage: What It Is
Marriage between one man and one woman is, for whatever reason, offensive to some people today. And because we don’t want to offend people we don’t talk about…
What the Samaritan Woman Teaches Us Evangelization
“Evangelism? That’s not my charism, not my personality.” “I need more education, first.” “I evangelize by example.” But the Second Vatican Council and all Popes since teach that…
Swept up by the Spirit: Journey of Transformation
“I have lived two vastly different lives—one spent exalting materialism and filled with spiritual darkness, the other spent exalting Jesus the Lord and filled with light and hope.”…
The Ascension
Readings for June 1, 2014: The Ascension of the Lord The celebration of the Ascension used to leave me a bit flat. It was clear what Good Friday…
Mary, the First Believer
Readings for May 31, 2014: Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Beatitudes rank high on the list of all-time favorite Bible passages. But what…