Till Your Soul So That It Yields Good Fruit
Unknown, “Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene as a Gardener,” 18th century Christ longs from the cross for your heart, and the whole world, to be aflame with love for God.
Catholic Entrepreneurs Take On Problem of Security in Social Media
Geralt Email It’s a jungle out there on the internet — what’s a Catholic to do?
Overcoming Addiction: Practical Tips from a Catholic Perspective
Do you struggle with something you just can’t stop doing? On this episode of The Catholic Gentleman, podcast hosts Sam Guzman and The post Overcoming Addiction: Practical Tips from a Catholic Perspective appeared first on .
Why Every Catholic Should Pray the Stations of the Cross
Do you ever pray the Stations of the Cross? On this episode of The Catholic Talk Show, Ryan Scheel, Fr. Rich Pagano, The post Why Every Catholic Should Pray the Stations of the Cross appeared first on .
Chesterton’s poem “The Donkey” and … donkeys
First, I had a note from a reader/watcher who picked up on my donkey comments in my commentary at 1 Peter 5. She wrote, riffing on my remarks, … I laughed when I read your article on 1P5 because we … Read More →
Soldiers Searching for Weapons Leave Myanmar Cathedral
Soldiers entered Sacred Heart Cathedral at 2:30pm local time April 8 and detained worshippers for hours. They left on Saturday. When no actual weapons turned up, the soldiers left and raided several local mosques, repeating the same threatening behavior.
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams’ stance on “trans” issues undermines Christianity…
Catholicism has long believed that sanity and sanctity mutually inform each other. In which case, if the present pressuring to conform to the eradication of the categories of biologically determined men and women constitutes some form of spiritual anarchy, it might leave ripples of disorder, danger and disturbance in its wake; and indeed it does…
Betrayal may have a central role in the spiritual battle of this life, but it does not have the last word…
A few years ago I read to my kids the first few volumes of the The Green Ember series, written by S.D. Smith, and immediately I was struck by one of its central themes: betrayal. It stood out pretty starkly for a kid’s book. The rabbit kingdom, Natalia, collapsed and the main characters, Pickett and […]
Coppola shot two endings for ‘The Godfather’ — the unused version takes place in a Catholic church…..
Now half a century old, Francis Ford Coppola’s revered New Hollywood masterpiece has one of the best-known final shots in film history—but it almost had a much more Catholic ending. Coppola shot an alternate ending, taken directly from Mario Puzo’s novel and similarly centered on Kay. The unused shot finds Kay in a Catholic church […]
The 10th Station of the Cross and St. Damien of Molokai’s brag…
There are numerous milestones in nursing school. Probably the biggest is the first shot: Plunging that sharp, hollow needle into a stranger’s muscle or subcutaneous tissue, infusing some potent chemical compound ordered by the physician, and then safely disposing of the used syringe to avoid a dirty needlestick injury. Phew! Glad that’s over with…