The famous orator, Cicero, once said that “to not know what occurred before you were born is to always remain a child.” Part of maturing and having a strong identity is to know where you come from, your culture, your values. No one starts from scratch.
This quote from Cicero can be applied to Catholics regarding their faith. More…
Kind of speaks for itself, doesn’t it?
God bless her!
Despite unflattering reviews, movie goers made “The Devil Inside” the number one movie at the box office last month. Rotten Tomatoes More…
Despite all the lies…
When I heard about Amelia’s story, it immediately reminded me of the movie John Q. The protagonist, played by Denzel Washington, is a loving Father who exhausts all licit means to get his son on the list for a heart transplant operation, to no avail. He then resorts to hijacking a hospital emergency room at gun point until his demands are met. In the end, More…
Isn’t it so easy to judge others by their appearance or let oneself go by first impressions? Many years ago I had an experience that made me think twice before following this natural tendency. I was in the seminary and didn’t really like a certain fellow seminarian. I thought: More…
Answer #1: In order to save us and reconcile us with God.
The Church teaches—and our own experience confirms it—that we live in a world of sin. We need look no further than the chaos of the last century or the heaviness in our own hearts to see sin’s effects.
Yet, as hard as it is for us to imagine, More…
Among other statements Cardinal George has made concerning gay rights in the wake of his controversial interview on Fox News last week, he also said the following:
“It is terribly wrong and sinful that gays and lesbians have been harassed and subjected to psychological and even physical harm.”
— Francis Cardinal George
They just don’t get the point…
Despite Cardinal George’s attempts to clarify his statement More…
I’m always surprised when I see those food products with the labels stating what would seem to be the obvious. Take a carton of milk, for example, where the label says it contains “real” milk. What is it suppose to contain? Not so obvious I guess. In a consumeristic society you can’t always expect that you are really getting what you think you are buying.
Got Faith? More…
Dostoevsky once wrote that the tears of a baby are greater than the order of the universe; a powerful insight into the dignity of human life, but an insight parents probably would rather not have to think about at three in the morning when the tears start flowing.
Yet, as hard as it is to get out of bed at three A.M., parents know they must, for there is nothing more dependent on the love and care of others than an infant.
It was no different for the baby Jesus. More…
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