Jim Caviezel on Following Jesus
“Everyone wants resurrection but no one wants suffering.” Those are the words of actor Jim Caviezel, best known for portraying Jesus Christ in the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ.
Lord, Help Our Families to be Holy!
When you look to the Holy Family for guidance, DO NOT turn to your own family and think: Boy are we in trouble. Instead, realize that even with the holy family, sometimes things were messy, chaotic, and totally unplanned. Then, we can relate and simply pray: “Lord, please help us overcome all obstacles in the…
Lies for Dummies
“These will pay for your kid’s college education,” –Beanie Baby investors. A pile of beans sewn into animal-shaped fabric lacked long-term value once people started noticing the emperor had no clothes or rather, the beanies had no worth. “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matt 6:21). “You can have it…
Message to Parents Who Took Kids to Miley’s Concert
Dear Parents, Buying tickets to take your kids to Miley Cyrus’s “Bangerz” concert was not a waste of money. No, that is too delicate a term. What you did was make a down payment on the sale of your children’s souls. I’m sad that you’ve lost your own and I pray that you find…
Contemplating The Birth of Our Creator
In a manger, in Bethlehem, under starlit skies, animals helped to warm the cool, night air with their humid breath. Sending angels as midwives and providing a feedbox for a crib, God chose to enter our world in flesh in blood form; the son of Mary, the son of God. It was a moment…
Mary’s Moms—Taking it to the Next Level
“Hey Patti, I’m getting serious about praying for my family. I’m going to do a 40-day fast and daily rosary, do you want to join me?” My friend Shellie Rusch asked me this recently. She has six kids and we have a spiritual sisterhood in many ways. As a wife and mother of ten, I…
Take the Joyful Challenge
Lately, when I check the next-day weather report, I half-expect fire and brimstone to be in the forecast. It seems that it should be “time’s up” for the world’s silliness aka spiritual degradation to the nth degree. I cannot help but wonder why God is holding back. He is so very patient…
The F-Choice: Freedom or Fool
(Divine Mercy Sunday is April 7, Come to the Feast of Mercy!) Anyone who is holding a grudge and not forgiving someone is a fool. What is the biggest difference between Christians and non-Christians? And what is the one thing you can do that God promises will come back to you? Answer: Forgiveness, aka mercy.
A Divine Mercy Miracle by Dr. Bryan Thatcher
This powerful story of Divine Mercy is from the book, Amazing Grace for the Catholic Heart I watched as many poor people walked about in tattered clothing; visiting, eating tacos…and smiling. “What do they have to be so happy about?” I wondered. I was attending a medical conference in Mexico City in 1991 and…
Become an iMissionary
Position: iMissionaries to spread the Gospel. Employer: God Qualifications: Love of God and neighbor. Job Duties: Acknowledging Jesus before men so that he will acknowledge you before the angels in heaven. (Luke 9:26).
Darkness Gathering, But No Need to Fear
“God will not let us down…” –Msgr. John Esseff Pope Benedict XVI has resigned as Supreme Pontiff effective Feb. 28, 2013. Read the full text of Pope Benedict XVI’s declaration. It has been over 600 years since this occurred in the life of the Church.
Is Sin Obsolete?
Is it possible to have more sin in the world but less people sinning? Some say that our world is more sinful than ever before—more adultery, abortion, situational ethics, etc. Yet, if committing a sin requires a person to know it is a sin and choose to commit it anyways, doesn’t that…