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City of Blood: St. Paul in Arabia — A Lenten/Desert Journey, Part I
“At once, the Spirit drove him into the wilderness, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by…
Browsing: Catechesis
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Noah’s Ark and the Baptismal Flood
In today’s fuzzy moral landscape, it is quite unpopular to even speak of sin, never mind condemn it. It’s even…
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The Forty Days and the Fortieth Day
As we approach this season of Grace, there are often a few questions and misconceptions about Lent which arise. …
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Inside Loaves of Stone
I have some imaginative ideas for teaching our children the spiritual lessons of Lent and Easter, but they involve rocks…
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Holy Mass: Heaven Is a Place on Earth
For some time now, I have been reading The Priest In Union With Christ written by the late Father Reginald…
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What’s Wrong with This Picture?
A very conscientious Catholic, Harold Baumeister, saw this cartoon in his hometown paper and had the conviction and gumption to do something…
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Dark Evangelization: The Mandate as the Gospel of Mammon
The great theologian and catechist Frank Sheed wrote in his book Are We Really Teaching Religion: “The aim of teaching religion…
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Lessons from the Paralytic
Sometimes we act as if sins are just black marks against us in God’s ledger, debits against our rewards account.…
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The Cross is the Key to Eternal Life
Action! Saint James tells us that we must demonstrate our faith with actions. As Catholics, that means taking up our…
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Render Unto: Caesar’s Law, God’s Law, and the Church
The cure of the leper in this morning’s Gospel was more than a miracle of physical healing; it was a…