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Rejecting Abortion, Affirming Life
Thousands braved severe weather last week to attend the March for Life in Washington, D.C., giving a vital public witness…
Monthly Archives: January, 2016
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Eliminating Poverty or Eliminating Children?
We are not alone in being suspicious of the United Nations when it comes to the life issues. Beginning with…
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A Matter Of Penance or Radical Permission
This past Advent as I attended Sacrament of Reconciliation, the priest mercifully imposed a seemingly unchallenging penance: say one “Our…
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The Seductive Siren Song of Genetic Enhancement
Two recent magazine covers together give us a glimpse of the possible future of humanity. They seem completely unrelated. Next…
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Your 2016 Handy-Dandy List of Lenten Resources
Lent comes early this year. February 10th is Ash Wednesday! That’s just three weeks away, folks. So instead of waiting until the last…
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Broken (Liturgical) Windows
In a large urban parish which I attended some years ago I have noticed that the liturgical life seems to…
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The Conversion of St. Paul
THE great apostle Paul, named Saul at his circumcision, was born at Tarsus, the capital of Silicia, and was by…
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St. Timothy, Bishop, Martyr
TIMOTHY was a convert of St. Paul. He was born at Lystra in Asia Minor. His mother was a Jewess,…
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St. Vincent, Martyr
VINCENT was archdeacon of the church at Saragossa. Valerian, the bishop, had an impediment in his speech; thus Vincent preached…
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St. Raymund of Pennafort
BORN A. D. 1175, of a noble Spanish family, Raymund, at the age of twenty, taught philosophy at Barcelona with…