Witness to the “Good Life” (Part 2 of 2)
By witnessing to the good life–satisfied, full of the peace only God can give, and in touch with our deepest longings as human beings–we can pre-evangelize the world…
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Tag: saints
Warning: Adult Content
Recently, I read a good book called Do Hard Things, by brothers Alex and Brett Harris. (It also has a foreward by Chuck Norris. I know better than…
What a Mess!
I must admit that as time passes I have become fonder and fonder of our current Pope Francis. It has nothing to do with the fact that he…
You Sinner You!
I bet you know them too. Those acquaintances or relatives who loudly pronounce: “Church, if I went to Church, the whole building would fall down.” What is that…
Holy Mary, the World’s Most Powerful Woman
Someone unexpected was on the cover of the December 2015 issue of National Geographic: not a global political leader, nor an idol of pop culture, but the Blessed…
Wilderness Dwellers
Sometimes I think that the circumstances that we hear about in the Bible are simply lost on us because we weren’t there. The atmosphere and history of a…
Semen est sanguis Christianorum – “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church”
But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him. Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him;…
Crisis Management with Padre Pio
Most faithful Catholics, at one time or another, have experienced the anguish of a loved one walking away from the Lord, the Church, or both. Some live through…
Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary
Today is the perfect day to begin this devotion of giving yourself totally to Christ through Mary. The consecration takes thirty three days, so it will end on the feast…
Not One Thing
Most of us who are trying our best to follow a spiritual path know the routine. We have heard the “New Evangelization” thing ad nauseum. As Catholics we…