Are You the Older Brother?
Famously known as the Parable of the Prodigal Son, Luke 15 tells the story of a repentant son to his merciful father. We can all see ourselves in the sinful yet contrite son and God the Father in the forgiving father. But, how many of you see yourself in the older...
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...
Satan Has a Grand Plan for Your Life
Satan’s grand plan for your life is to convince you not only that God has not called you to greatness but that even if he had, you wouldn’t be gifted enough to achieve it.
If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world on fire
A few years ago, a young woman approached me and said rather abruptly, “Why is it that you only talk about sex? There is so much more to the Catholic faith than just sex.” Although this isn’t entirely true – that I only talk about sex – I...
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...
Simon Carrington is married to his beautiful wife Madeleine, and grew up in a large Catholic family of eight. Simon completed a Bachelor of Theology, minoring in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame Australia in 2016, and is currently undertaking a Certification Course at the Theology of the Body Institute in Pennsylvania, USA.
