I remember when I started my Facebook account almost 20 years ago. When I was doing the account setup I had to put information in. My favorite was when it got to relationship status and I got to say, "Married to Allison Hull." I didn't just write, "In a relationship," but said, "Married to...
Today is the Feast of the Annunciation, that day in which we celebrate the Angel Gabriel proclaiming to St. Mary that she would be the "Theotokos," the God bearer, the Mother of God, and that her Son would be Savior of all fallen man. We read on this day Luke 1:26-38 which says, "In the sixth...
Come on, Mr Frodo. I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you." If you're not a LOTR geek like me, then you've don't know who Samwise Gamgee is. Lord of the Rings is a fantastic series written by J.R.R. Tolkien. In the last book, The Return of the King, Frodo and Sam have entered...
Who is Chief Brody? If you've never seen the blockbuster movie, "Jaws," then you probably don't know who Chief Brody is. The movie "Jaws," is s suspense movie directed by Steven Spielberg in the 70s. The beginning of the movie has a couple swim out into the ocean, and the man passes out...
Have you ever done something so terrible, so heinous, so unforgivable that you just can't get over it. You ask for forgiveness from God and you hear the absolution, but there's still that guilty feeling. You go and repent to whomever you sinned against, and they say everythings ok, but you feel...
"Don't whine." "Stop crying about it." "Quit your complaining." Growing up, our parents would say these things to us, not because they didn't care about us, but because they did care about us. Yes, when we complained as a kid, it was because we didn't know everything that was going on and...
Jesus spoke to His disciples, and He speaks the same words to us today in the midst of His Bride the Church saying, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid." (John...
Wise King Solomon, inspired by the Holy Spirit, wrote, "Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise." (Proverbs 6:6). Did Jesus die for the sloth? Did Jesus die for those who are lazy and selfish? Did Jesus die on the cross for those who are self-centered...
Did Jesus die on the cross for those who love money? Well, remember the words St. Paul wrote to Timothy saying, "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs." (1st...
Did Jesus die for the mother who ends her child's life in abortion? We believe that abortion is the killing of a lite because we believe that life begins when God says it begins; at conception. Because the child in the womb is a human being, it is a breaking of the 5th Commandment when a woman...