All of us experience rejection, and it can begin quite early in life. We can be terribly cruel to one another, leaving deep wounds with the things we say and do to others. Rejection, real or imagined, can come from any quarter – family, friends, workplace, and perhaps most of all, ourselves. Rejection does not [...] Read more »
Priest Paralyzed In Car Accident – A Lenten Inspiration For Us All
One day last August, Fr. Emmanuel’s life was turned upside down in a split second. Another car broadsided Fr.’s car, hitting him with such force that the impact fractured two of the vertebrae in his neck, initially paralyzing him from the neck down. Fr. was unconscious for two weeks in the Intensive Care Unit of [...] Read more »
Do polls determine the truth?
The paragraph below is pure fiction, designed to illustrate a point. In a shocking new poll, 75% of Catholics have admitted to using prostitutes at some point in their lives. Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, in a hastily-called press conference, welcomed the news, stating emphatically that her department would move quickly to amend the HHS mandate to [...] Read more »
An Overdue Letter to My Children In Heaven
Dear Hope Marie, Clare Marie, and sweet little Therese Marie, This letter to you is so overdue. The truth is, my letter to all of you was prompted by your sister, Hannah Marie, who is now 14 in human years, and is so anxious to meet all of you one day. I can’t tell you [...] Read more »
Komen: We Are Sorry Our Consiences Interfered With Our Ability to Conduct Business
Komen for the Cure just released this announcement this morning, giving in to the withering fire turned on it by Planned Parenthood and their supporters. DALLAS – February 3, 2012 – We want to apologize to the American public for our consciences having momentarily gotten the better of us recent decisions that cast doubt upon [...] Read more »
Dissent In The Church Enabled Obama’s War on Religious Freedom
Archbishop Conley, of the Archdiocese of Denver, penned an article this week announcing the death knell for religious freedom in America. Bishop Conley states: On Friday, Jan. 20, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that most religious institutions – including Catholic hospitals, schools and social service agencies – would not be [...] Read more »
If He Is So Powerful, Why Does God Allow Suffering In This World?
I suspect people have been asking this question since the beginning of time, and the question takes many forms. If He is so powerful, why does God allow suffering in this world? Why doesn’t God prevent the children in Africa from starving? Why didn’t God stop the Holocaust in World War II? These questions are [...] Read more »
Jesus Hates Religion – A Catholic Video Response
A few days ago, the Jesus Hates Religion video went viral on Facebook. There have been excellent Catholic blog posts responding to the video by Bad Catholic and Mary’s Aggies. I want to share with you here an excellent video response by Makeafriar. The original video by Jefferson Bethke is a thinly-veiled critique of the [...] Read more »
Three Lessons In Mercy We Can Learn From A Murderer
In 1947, twenty-year old Jim Townsend shot and killed his nineteen-year old wife Alice, who was six months pregnant with his twin children. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. After several years in prison and having established a well-earned reputation as an extremely violent criminal, Jim heard of an opportunity to be [...] Read more »
I Thirst For You – Amazing Prayer of Mother Theresa
Do you have a basic faith in God, but struggle to believe that Jesus really loves you on a personal basis? Do you believe that He knows you intimately, and wants to have a close relationship with you? Sometimes we know all these things in our head, but the truth of the matter has not [...] Read more »