In my recent article, “Spiritual Warfare: Why We Are Losing,” I stated, “The time is now to prepare an elite fighting force, surrendering to God and then allowing His grace to invade every aspect of our lives.” Admission into Christ’s elite …
El Camino de Santiago: A Pilgrimage Story
“In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.” Proverbs 3:6 I’m a walker. I walk all over the place. As a teen, I walked almost two miles to high school every morning. I took up “city hiking” …
Plain Living: A Suburban Catholic Family Goes Country
I grew up in the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia. I had experience living and working and knowing others who lived “the plain life,” as it’s called in those parts. It was a life I left behind a long time ago. I …
Pro-Life and Anti-Welfare
Publisher’s note: Coming to a correct understanding of sound economic principles through the lens of Catholic social teaching is a complex task that requires discernment and study. It is not possible for the Church to issue specific, universal policy prescriptions that …
You: The Top Reason to Stop Playing Video Games
A girl I once knew sat on a park bench and cried as I tried to counsel her. I quickly reviewed the last 20 minutes of our conversation searching for a word or two that I had spoken which may …
Bishop Slattery Brings Out the Big Guns Against Satanic Mass in Oklahoma City
On September 21st, a Satanic “Black Mass” is scheduled to take Oklahoma City’s Civic Center. Bishop Edward Slattery of the neighboring Diocese of Tulsa isn’t about to take it lying down. Here’s the letter he issued on the matter on the …
A Day Provided for the Salvation of Our Soul
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work…for in six …
Today Is a Day of Prayer and Penance for the Plight of Middle Eastern Christians
The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter — a Clerical Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical right dedicated to the traditional Latin Mass and priestly service of the faithful — has called for a day of prayer and penance for our persecuted …