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As some of you may already know, this blog is being re-located to The Catholic Conspiracy but...

For most of us, our days seem never to be our own. Family demands, work...

I Give You A New Commandment: Love One Another. As I Have Loved You, So...

By the time I had reached Chapter 12 ("Sins of Omission") of Elizabeth Scalia's latest book, Little...

Responsibility. Respectability. Maturity. Dignity. These are all good things. These are all expected things. These are all adult things. From...

"Thou Hast Formed Us For Thyself, And Our Hearts Are Restless Till They Find Rest...

We tend, often, to imagine ourselves as fragile. As not much more than a bead...

Nothing heavy today, just some thoughts from a few of my favorite speakers and writers. And,...

We rightfully cherish our rugged individualism and our freedom, both. Especially here, in America, where...

There will be more than a few scholarly, and not-so-scholarly, discussions in the coming days dissecting...

Longing. When it first appears, we often ignore it. When it fights for our attention,...

By all means, cry. Love tormented by pain, both savage and raw, soon becomes greedy...

For Divine Mercy Sunday (Video Embedded Below) Be At Peace Image Credit: Pixabay.com

The Lure Of The Mind Fighting Against The Lure Of The Members - Archbishop Fulton...

If There Is No Resurrection Of The Dead, Then Neither Has Christ Been Raised. And...

With the recent news that Mother Teresa will be canonized on September 4, 2016, we are...

With age comes loss. It's inescapable and non-negotiable. The letting go of expectations once set,...

Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down,...

I Have Fallen, But You Remain. Always If I stood before you as Adam did,...

Do You Want To Change The World? Start Here: "The greatest challenge of the day...

What if it weren't so easy? What if we had to choose, each day, between the open...

We all want, desperately, to control our own lives. Especially when we feel the most...

This Is The First Time I've Ever Been Old, And It Just Sort Of Crept...

Something very different from me this morning. My fellow Patheos blogger, Dr. Tod Worner, has...

Readers who have been following my posts can pretty easily discern a few things: Religiously, as...

Let's not trade eternal truths for quick fixes, nor deliberation for enmity. Let's not turn to...

In The Name Of Progress And Greatness What was designed to be slow and limber,...

Taking the time to rest. That's it. Our bodies require it. Our minds demand it....

To what are you addicted? What is it that holds you down, as if a...

Two Gardens What the fall in Eden unleashed, The rise near Gethsemane contained. The sting of...