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Is there any legitimate limit to the power of the government?  Is there any area of our lives that are protected from governmental control? ...

Imagine if you had the opportunity to watch a slideshow of your life from your birth up until the present moment. As all the moments of y...

Christianity is a religion centered on Easter, that annual remembrance of the defeat of sin, death and the devil. Every year, Easter comes a...

“What are you giving up?” Any Catholic who grew up in the “pre-Vatican II” era would immediately know what this question is referring to—esp...

At the beginning of Lent Christian homes are full of conversations about what to do or "give up" during this annual penitential se...

As we all get older in age there is something that happens universally to almost everybody; we become forgetful.   Some of those things we f...

The mercy of God is not an abstract theological principle.  It is the fruit of our Lord’s passion and death.  In other words, it is the logi...

We are all beggars before God.  There is nothing we can truly call our own.  Everything is a gift from God and everything comes from him. ...

When I was growing up “y” was my favorite letter of the alphabet - my poor parents! We modern people love to question things. Faith can be...

A blessed Advent and Merry Christmas to all of you. This is such a beautiful time of the year, filled with memories and moving images of an ...