In your devotional life, don’t forget about St. Joseph! He has one of the most important roles in salvation history: husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, foster-father of Jesus himself, guardian of the Holy Family. But because Scripture doesn’t tell us very much about him – he isn’t...
Most Catholics know that Lent is a time of fasting, prayer, and alms giving. But for many it is also a time to abstain from some of our more frivolous pastimes. The idea behind giving up things like television and social media is to make a meaningful sacrifice for God...
Would you like to read more of the Bible? There is an app that might be able to help, called Truth & Life (you may have seen its “Download Jesus” advertisements). It’s an audio version of the Bible, featuring popular celebrity voices like Neal McDonough, Stacy Keach, Kristen Bell,...
I’m part of a relatively small parish in Arkansas, and there is only one other Catholic church in our county. We are share a priest with that congregation. And this year during Lent, like countless other parishes across the country, my parish will hold a penance service. If we...
The next time someone accuses the Church of discouraging intellectual exploration that could benefit humanity, one would do well to bring the following thinkers to bear upon the discussion: 1) Louis Pasteur – Inventor of Pasteurization Louis Pasteur, inventor of the process pasteurization (one of the biggest breakthroughs ever for preventing...
Martin Luther sparked the Protestant Reformation and was critical of what he considered excesses and corruptions in the Catholic Church. But did you know he continued to hold many Catholic doctrines about Mary? Here are some quotes from Martin Luther about the Blessed Virgin Mary that may surprise you: 1)...
