If there is a God, then why is he allowing the COVID19 Pandemic? For believers, there is no if. But why? In Psalm 6, verse 6, we read that sinful nations were chastised. “We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.”
Saint Padre Pio bore the stigmata—the wounds of Christ—on his hands and feet for fifty years. The twentieth-century Italian Franciscan Capuchin priest also had the gifts of reading souls in the confessional, visions, bilocation, healing, and prophecy. At the time of his death at the age 81 in 1968, thousands from…
Kathy Griffin’s ISIS-styled photo holding a mock decapitated head of the President of the United States met with repulsion and outrage. When she was chastised from all sides, she apologized, but 3 days later took the offensive at a press conference claiming she’s the victim of bullying from the Trump family. Rather than leave the wound…
Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton does not care about the polls. No, seriously. Sure, she wants to be ahead in them, but the polls that measure the popularity of abortion? She doesn’t care. She and her Planned Parenthood friends want to set the pace and drag everyone else along.
Who are the people with whom you don’t want to breathe the same air? On my list are the ferocious abortion advocates that drip hatred at the prolife movement. They tempt me to wish for a loophole on the Christian obligation to love everyone. “This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I…
When Veronica Hargrove’s son was fighting overseas in Kuwait, praying the rosary for him took away her feeling of fear and helplessness. And the Blessed Mother came through. As a little girl, I often noticed my father fingering a string of pretty beads. I would wonder why he played with those beads so…
“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…
When we’ve messed up, we should run to our mother. Scripture makes it clear. At the wedding at Cana, either the wine list or the guest list was miscalculated. Someone messed up. Mary told Jesus about it, and he saved the day by turning water into wine. But why would the Savior of the World…
Minorities are not generally high achievers so the government has a responsibility to reduce their population. (Stay with me, I have a point to make.) Singleton children from highly educated, successful parents tend to be self-centered, so the government needs to address that unpatriotic situation. Rich families breed kids with tendencies for depression,…
During a recent talk, Fr. Thomas Richter explained that praying like Jesus requires one thing: to desire for God to have his way in your life. As the vocation director for the Bismarck diocese, it would seem that Fr. Tom knows about answered prayers. Bismarck is in the top twenty per capita for vocations in…