Pursued by Truth
I am a fan of practical, attainable New Year’s resolutions. This year I looked to the Saints (and other holy people) to help me make my resolutions. You can too! Read more
I am a fan of practical, attainable New Year’s resolutions. This year I looked to the Saints (and other holy people) to help me make my resolutions. You can too! Read more
Our world just doesn't know how to stay happy. It knows how to give fleeting glimpses of happiness, it immerses us in short-lived periods of emotional highs but it does not know how to give us happiness that remains. Happiness that turns into lasting joy. Basically, I think it's because our world, despite its protestations to the contrary, really doesn't know how to party. Read more
Brian Laline, a journalist for the Staten Island Advance, just wrote a beautiful article about his relief at finding out that his neighborhood parish was not closing even though he is a fallen-away Catholic. Go read it, then invite a loved one who has become inactive in the faith to return. Read more
Many of us, if we are honest with ourselves, will admit that we often put money, or the things that money buys, before God. It is no wonder that this mentality has extended even to the celebration of the miracle of God being born on earth to a poor, young Jewish girl in a stable. Here are some ways to return to the real meaning of Christmas. Read more
It's hard to buy something for the person who has everything. It is even more difficult to buy something for the person who has nothing (or very little). What can you get for a person who takes a vow of poverty? Read more
People are responding in different ways to the Vatican's Apostolic Visitation report that ends a highly controversial moment in the history of religious life in the United States. I think quite a few people expected the report to feed the "Nuns versus the Vatican" narrative that is so attractive to some. Instead the report is conciliatory and mostly positive. Some people seem to be disappointed with this reality. Others are thrilled. Read more
Do you have loved ones who are away from the Church? Do you want to invite them back but are unsure how? How would Jesus approach the evangelization of loved ones? How would the Saints suggest we reach out to friends and family who have left the Church? What does the richness of the Magisterium of the Church give us as guidance in our relationship with loved ones? Read more
It makes me happy to see priests rap. And skateboard. And tap dance. And slam dunk. And break dance. And just generally be happy and awesome. And I bet I am not alone on this. So, I was recently inspired to put together a list of some of my favorite rapping priests... Read more
The timeless Marian prayer reimagined for writers by Sr. Marie-Paul Curley: "My whole being glorifies the greatness of our creative God; my spirit rejoices in the Holy One who saves me, guides me, inspires me. For God delights in me when I write..." Read more
Last week, as the sun went down on the vigil of the first Sunday of Advent, I found out that one of my friends was dead. He had been hiking and was approached by two men who shot him. Read more
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