I Love My German Shepherd

Can you name the largest megachurch in the world? Is it in San Antonio or Colorado Springs? Maybe Los Angeles or Orlando? Nope…it's in Rome. The world's largest megachurch is the Catholic Church.
Oh, I know I've stretched the comparison… Read More

Cold Shoulder

I have a friend who ignores the Blessed Mother and the saints as a matter of policy.
My friend has explained to me, that he believes the Saints are a distraction from Jesus Christ, and speaking to them in prayer… Read More

The Other Fourth Commandment

Everyone knows the Fourth Commandment requires us to "honor your father and mother," but did you know that exercise of, and obedience to, legitimate political authority also falls under this commandment? 
This subject is particularly important for Americans as we… Read More

Somebody’s Little Girl

I have a daughter.
She has been my "little girl" since she was conceived and always will be, even when she's grown and has a family of her own.  There's something about the relationship between a daughter and a daddy… Read More

Scoot Over

I can truthfully say that my wife has been a spectacularly good influence on me. Over the course of our twenty-year marriage, my darling better half taught me how to dress in civilian clothes, how to write thank you notes,… Read More

Emmanuel

One of my very favorite images of the Baby Jesus and the Blessed Virgin is a painting by an Italian artist Roberto Ferruzzi entitled, Little Madonna.  I know it by another name, La Madonna Strada, or in English: Our Lady… Read More

Dei Verbum

Some Christians believe that Catholics are not encouraged to read the Bible.  In fact, the opposite is true…and why wouldn't it be, after all, the Bible is a Catholic book.  What do I mean by that?
The Catholic Church, under… Read More

Sharing: Obedience to the Seventh Commandment

"Thou shalt not steal" (Ex 20:15).
Whenever I get to this commandment while doing an examination of conscience, it's an easy thing to simply check it off and move on to the Eighth Commandment.  "Nope, haven't robbed any banks this… Read More

My Personal Savior

"Have you accepted Jesus as your personal savior?" the man asked me earnestly.
I paused for a moment to consider the question.  Not because I don't recognize the Son of God as my Lord and Savior, but because my response… Read More

Make it Real

Recently, I gave up diet cola. 
I began to see that my attitude about diet drinks had become dangerously close to a contraceptive mentality.  What do soft drinks and sex have to do with one another?  Well, you see, I… Read More

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