Parenting is so easy, anyone can do it. It’s just a matter of instinct. And then, the children arrive. Holes the size of craters then perforate your belief system long before Junior even says his first word. Marge Fenelon knows both sides of the family coin — the before know-it-all syndrome and the wow-wasn’t-expecting-that. In [...]
“Lord, now you let your servant go in peace; your word has been fulfilled: my own eyes have seen the salvation which you have prepared in the sight of every people: a light to reveal you to the nations and the glory of your people Israel.” (Canticle of Simeon, Nunc Dimittis, Luke 2:29-32) Please help [...]
Are you struggling to live your Catholic Faith? Do we sometimes feel overwhelmed in the face of the relentless assault on the Church, our beliefs and our families by the media and modern culture? How are we responding to the recent decision by the HHS that is a direct attack on the First Amendment and [...]
“Only when we meet the living God in Christ do we know what life is. We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary. There is nothing more [...]
Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) – Job 7:1-4, 6-7; Psalms 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; First Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23; Mark 1:29-39. This series appears each Wednesday. The Bible is not just for churches and synagogues. Portions of it are read as literature, even in secular university [...]
“ ‘Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God.’ Therefore, according to the Gospel, any citizen can be a good Catholic – that is, side with Jesus Christ and the Pope, and do good to his fellow men – and at the same time side with Caesar, namely, observe [...]
My sister is a hermit. No, she’s not shy. I don’t mean that. No, she doesn’t just hide in her room. Well, sometimes she does, but that’s not what I mean either. And I am not trying to be funny and imply that my sister is a crab. When I say that my sister is [...]
Watch and listen to Fr. Barron’s commentary on the “Health and Human Services Contraception Mandate”. Father Barron can be found on the Internet at: Word On Fire CATHOLICISM Please help us in our mission to assist readers to integrate their Catholic faith, family and work. Tell your family and friends about this article using both [...]
Well every once in a while in kind of an extraordinary way, a video will just explode… it will make its way all over the country. It will sweep like wildfire through the virtual world. The most recent example of this phenomenon is a video… Watch and listen to Fr. Barron’s commentary on the video [...]
I have been thinking a great deal about my experience at Reconciliation a few weekends ago. I felt an intense and unexplainable urge to go and confess my sins when I woke up that Saturday morning. I try to go every six weeks or so, but this was no routine visit to the Priest for [...]
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“In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human successes, but on how well we have loved.” (Saint John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church) Please help us in our mission to assist readers to integrate their Catholic faith, family and work. Tell your family and friends [...]
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