Thirty-Second Sunday: Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell

Now He is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to Him all of them are alive. (Lk. 20:38) ⧾ As we...

Aiming for Heaven to Win the Culture War, and On the Way, Answer What...

Should Catholics focus on winning political battles as the primary means of reclaiming the culture? Should we put our Faith on the back burner...

Saint Faustina’s Merciful Jubilee

A blessed Second Sunday of Easter, or Sunday in the Octave of Easter or, now, Divine Mercy Sunday, proclaimed so by Pope (now Saint)...

Gregory’s Mission

One of the great joys of history is reminiscing about the past, giving hope for the present; for history is ‘eschatological’, moving towards a...

What Does the Church Believe? : The Catechism of the Catholic Church

(This archived address by Cardinal Ratzinger, forwarded by Father Callam, fits in well with our preparations for Advent on this memorial of Pope Damasus....

Where your treasure lies: A spiritual reflection on an election year

   This election cycle, Catholic Americans are presented with the hair-raising choice between Hillary Clinton, a woman whose corrupt record and virulent support for the...

Good and Bad Fruit

Eighth Sunday Per Annum (C) March 3, 2019. No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for each...

A Hallowed Eve: The Spiritual and Cultural Traditions of Halloween  

Halloween has always been a complicated holiday, laced together with many threads of different spiritual traditions and cultural customs. It has always stirred up...

Miracle in “Hell”

MIRACLE IN "HELL" The 81st Anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War on September 1st has just been celebrated in distant Europe.  Nevertheless,...

First Sunday of Lent: Our Mess, and God’s Remedy

(A helpful meditation from parish priest Father Robert Weaver. I couldn't help but just add as an intro that I'm intrigued by the three...