How many world religions have as one of their most central images a tender scene of a mother and child? I only know of one: Catholicism. It is a sign that Catholicism is a faith that occurs where we most intensely…

Far too many Catholics think of the Church in terms of laxity or strictness, when in fact to do so is to miss the whole point. Morality is the fruit of love, love of Christ, who said, "If you love me…

But what a remarkable and mysterious quote. What did she mean? I suspect if Miss O'Connor were writing in today's parlance she would have used the word “compassion” instead of “tenderness.” All sorts of things are done these days in…

You can’t tell truth by the clock. C. S. Lewis called the attitude that one’s own era is self-evidently “more advanced” than all preceding ages chronological snobbery. Some people accuse those trying to recover the sanity of authentic Church teaching…

I don’t know any real policemen who blow people to pieces every week and then go have dinner. Most real policemen pray to God when they strap on their service revolver that they never have to use it. And should…

This attitude reminds me of a story a young mom told. She had a holy card of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on her refrigerator and her three year-old was throwing a tantrum and being, well, naughty. As he was…

They are not intimidated by their own imperfections, but can see them as somehow amusing while still being able to weep over their sins, all the while knowing that Christ's love is bigger than their faults and that He is…