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From the Archives – Sept 8, 2022
An hour ago, the world learned that England’s longest-reigning Monarch, Queen Elizabeth of the House of Windsor, died peacefully in Balmoral Castle. I offered my prayers for her and sat at the shore for a bit, pondering her life. Ascending to the throne in her...
Direction
Why we should study our Faith
I recently enjoyed driving a carload full of college-bound men and women 5 hours back to the academy where they attend college. Along the way, our merry band of shanters (they are attending a maritime academy and so sea shanties occasionally break out) became engaged...
Meditation
Accompany the Dying
“He worked with Oppenheimer,” I heard myself saying as my friend, Dr. James Downs, lay in the hospital bed, shrinking in front of my eyes. Hours earlier, I had arrived at his apartment for our daily visit to find him in need of immediate care. I followed the ambulance...
Poetry
Freedom and Conscience
“Your own personal Jesus…reach out and touch faith.” Depeche Mode Sacrilege or truth, you decide…or do you? Are we so free that we create truth? Can I determine what my “own personal Jesus” is saying to me? I have a conscience; it tells me what to do and when. Our...
Adoration & Veneration
St Francis Follows the Lord Home and Leaves a Trail
The Sequela Christi The moral life of a Christian does not entail a laundry list of rules to follow. From experience, we realize that even the short list of 10 Commandments and their even shorter summation from the lips of Jesus proves to me more than we can manage....
Prayer
Why are moral absolutes important for Catholic morality, and why do some people reject the idea of moral absolutes?
Behold, Thou desirest truth in my innermost being: and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, make me whiter than snow.Open my ears and make me hear of joy and gladness: and my bones that have...