The Gospel According to Steve Martin

It's Christmas, that joyous time of year when the Mainstream Media (MSM) goes in search of apostate scholars to re-assure them that the gospel is all a bunch of hooey. Last year, a piece appeared on MSNBC.com called "What is… Read More

Advent and the Path to Peace

The word Islam has often been translated as "peace," similar to the word shalom. The Arabic root for the word "Islam," however, gives a fuller understanding: it means surrender or submission. This is the goal of Islam; the surrender and… Read More

Will You Answer the Call?

Gary Dailey, the vocations director for our diocese, came to speak at the Children's Mass recently. Ironically, he wasn't there to speak to the children, but rather to the parents. He spoke of the importance of the call from God… Read More

What Kids Really Want for Christmas

I feel bad for most kids these days. Every Christmas, they get way too much stuff when memories are all they want.
I'm 44 and barely remember most of the gifts I got for Christmas as a kid. I do… Read More

A Time to Wait

Can you remember the excitement of being a child waiting for Christmas? The days of December seemed to drag on forever. There were Christmas pageants to prepare for and activities at school to fill the days. Letters to Santa had… Read More

Setting the Record Straight on Mary

The new movie that debuted on December 1st, The Nativity Story, has received many positive reviews around the country already and also a fair number of attacks by the standard group of village atheists.
Criticisms notwithstanding, the movie certainly has… Read More

Consider Holiday Stress on Children

It is generally acknowledged that the holiday season can be difficult for adults. This time of year, headlines at the newsstands tout all sorts of ways to "bust stress." Ironically, one of the suggestions is often to look at the… Read More

Choosing Life: A Birth-Mother’s Story

When a woman is facing an unplanned pregnancy, her options may seem few. Afraid, sometimes alone, and often confused, she faces significant challenges: If she tells her parents, will they throw her out of the house? Will her boyfriend leave… Read More

Gospel: Planning and Precision

In certain areas of life, we cultivate very good habits of planning and precision. For our work, finances, or health — to name a few — we establish goals, make schedules, draw up budgets, post reminders, plan ahead, etc. But… Read More

Turkey: As Seen From Rome

Pope Benedict XVI's trip to Turkey was by all accounts, a remarkable success. It proved once again that Benedict is a pope who refuses to be pigeonholed into neat categories by popular, although quite often clueless, media pundits and talking… Read More

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