A few years ago, I took a test to see what my “love language” is. Your “love language” means that this is the main way in which you give and perceive love with others. For some, their “love language” is…
The Gift of Christmas Time
The Long Defeat and Final Victory
JRR Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings once wrote: “I am a Christian, and indeed a Roman Catholic, so that I do not expect ‘history’ to be anything but a ‘long defeat’ – though it contains (and…
Love the Person, Not Your Story of Them
St. Teresa of Calcutta once said “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” Throughout the Gospels, Christ warns us so much against judging others. This is partially a practical consideration, since none of us can see…
Sewing Hope by Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story
Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story with Nancy HC Ward Excerpts from an interview, “Sharing Your Catholic Faith Sorry with Nancy HC Ward” on Breadbox Media’s Sewing Hope. hosted by Anne DeSantis and Billy Snyder Thank you Anne DeSantis and Bill…
St. Francis Flips the Script
I went to a Franciscan High School, but I don’t think I’ve ever been properly appreciative of St. Francis of Assisi. Some people try to reduce him to the saint who loved animals (he did) or the saint who was…
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 of them if they would have publicly opposed this evil institution. Naturally,…
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 of the moral pillars on which you were raised and think “I…
Racism, Protesting, and the Catholic Church
Since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, there has been a great deal of upheaval in this country. A great deal of outrage has been expressed about racial inequality and police brutality. In addition to this, there have been…
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 gathered in prayer and preparation for the day that they would burst…
Evangelization by Listening
The goal of evangelization is not to win arguments. If you are a reader of this website, you probably come here sometimes for answers on how best to answer some religious objection you’ve encountered or for some new way to…