Yearly Archives: 2016
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Finding True Blessing Amidst Sorrow
None of us is promised happiness in this life. All of us are guaranteed sorrow. Indeed, sorrow is the classroom…
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They’re All With Us
We as Catholics believe that at death our material bodies are temporarily separated from our non-material souls until the end…
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Seven People to Pray for Today
It’s easy to fall into the habit of praying in too small a circle. We pray for our personal intentions,…
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Poem: “Bodhran”
Note: This is taken from a time when I was going through a spell of severe spiritual dryness. However, playing…
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SCOTUS Ruling on HHS Mandate Impacts Catholic Colleges
The legal battle will continue for Catholic colleges and other religious nonprofits and institutions challenging the Obama administration’s contraception mandate…
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Spring Cleaning With Mary
[Editor’s note: Originally published June, 2006] Mary and mercy came to our house this May. After years of chasing an…
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Little Sisters of the Poor Win at Supreme Court
Today the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously protected the Little Sisters of the Poor from draconian government fines and recognized that…
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Wounded Vets Don’t Need Taxpayer Funded IVF
I’ll be in DC this week for a bunch of meetings, mostly speaking with people about a bill that provides…
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Civil War and the Future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Superhero movie fatigue is a strange phenomenon for older millennials. I grew up in a time when live action superhero…