Rookie moms and dads often struggle with their new role as parents. Will I ever be good enough? Am I up to the challenge? How can I possibly withstand the immeasurable weight that is the blind confidence of an innocent, little child? We see other mothers and fathers, perhaps our own, and wonder how we’ll [...]
“When we find ourselves grousing about having so little time for ourselves, for being asked to do so much, let’s try to remind ourselves that that’s the way it’s supposed to be. God gave us our families to serve. We are being asked to give everything for our families. Indeed, we are being called to [...]
“Be kind to everyone you meet, for every person is fighting a great battle.” ~St.Ephraim The person driving the car that just cut you off. The annoying woman taking for-ever in front of you in the checkout lane. The pro-choicer standing in front of the abortion clinic. The friend who is totally oblivious to your [...]
“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs [...]
“Peace is not the absence of trouble. Peace is the presence of God.” Good quote! And kind of the flip side to this video on evil. Where evil is not the presence of something, but the privation of a good – the absence of something. On the other hand, many people think peace is the [...]
One of the most common arguments against God is the existence of evil and suffering in the world. “How could a loving God have created a world with such evil and suffering?” they ask.
I hope we’ll never forget this tragedy. It should always remain a reminder of many things, including just how fragile life and the privileges that come with it are. It should especially remind us of our freedom to fully express and live out our faith. America is a unique place in this regard compared to [...]
“I am the wheat of God. Let me be ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of Christ.” – St. Ignatius of Antioch, Romans 4
Recently the Pope visited Africa. While there, he was questioned about the Church’s prohibition on condom use in regard to the AIDS epidemic there. Here’s a little bit of what he said:
