We are living in some pretty dark times, with countless problems facing us. Hopes have been shaken, even dashed in some cases, and yet...

In his 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces , author Joseph Campbell defined a hero as "A man or a woman who has been able to battle...

As Christians continue to grow in holiness and the life of virtue, it is spiritually healthy to remember what exactly sin is so that we...

In early 2021, I began listening to the Bible in a Year podcast with Father Mike Schmitz. Though I had read many of the major Bible...

"I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled. " "Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth?...

My encounter with Christ in the Eucharist during the 10th National Eucharistic Congress was quite wonderful. I felt the Holy Spirit burn...

Hey everyone, thank you so much for reading and enjoying my blog. I'm taking a bit of a break for the summer, because I'd like to focus...

I think that the parable of the rich man and Lazarus is one of the most fascinating stories told in the four Gospels. I remember a...

Out of all of the Ten Commandments, which is the easiest one to break? Maybe lying (#8),lusting (#9), or coveting (#10), you might say....

I wonder sometimes how people can have views so out of touch with reality; and I don't mean this in the political sense at all. Believing...

Think about what makes you happy Moments come and go, ebb and flow We want to stay in them forever Fading like flowers in winter Soon as...

Time can be a uncomfortable concept for our limited minds. I don't mean that we don't understand what time is, rather I think we often...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or so they say. One person might find Michelangelo's Pieta (pictured above) beautiful, while...

Some people have an interesting definition of what it means to be good, but more often than not, what I've come to realize is that people...

No one, at least no one that I know, likes to be lied to. This seems to be a universally held belief. Everyone thinks their worldviews...

Happy Easter! I've been reflecting on this quote by St. Paul, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has...

It is the final hour. All of Jesus's journey, and by extension, all of Lent this year, has led up to this moment. The Gospels relate that...

It is time for Jesus to carry his cross. This tired man must lift a heavy cross all the way to the place he will be crucified. He models...

Jesus was abandoned and betrayed by his closest friends. He was falsely accused of being a rebel and a blasphemer, but his pain wasn't...

It's a troubling thing to think of a wounded Jesus. This powerful miracle worker, with a great heart for all people, is scourged prior to...