The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive

The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive

In my teen years, I believed that I could never be fully alive and happy if I lived according to the Church’s teachings on human sexuality.   When I was about seventeen years old, I remember being at the gym, watching a female rapper performing on MTV. The gym I...
Who is to Blame for Suffering?

Who is to Blame for Suffering?

Life throws us many curveballs, perhaps none as difficult as reconciling the existence of an all-good God with the reality of suffering and evil in the world. I remember reading a news article about a terrorist group in the Middle East that was raiding Christian...
Mercy Makes You Merciful

Mercy Makes You Merciful

All of us have someone in our lives that we struggle to love. Maybe they have wounded us deeply by their words or actions, and we find it impossible to forgive them. Every time we see them, anticipate that we will see them or hear their name, we become tense and...
St Joseph the (Miracle) Worker

St Joseph the (Miracle) Worker

When I used to hear people talk about God working miracles in their lives, it would frustrate me. I would think; “what’s so good about them that God would do these amazing things for them?” If you’re anything like I was, perhaps you think that God only works miracles...