What’s in a word? Often, more than one thinks. With what swirls around us, take as an example the word.
Read MoreAcross The Board (And Bow)
It rains on the good and the evil, Scripture tells us (Matthew 5:45), and so now, with coronavirus, if not.
Read MoreA Simple Question: Why Did They Remove Word ‘Fasting’?
You may have wondered about it — we certainly have: that quote from Jesus in some versions of the Catholic.
Read MoreBabylon Watch: Those Pre-Lent Festivities
Every year we are forced to witness and comment upon the decadence, and every year, it seems to proliferate and.
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Notes: A Fog Descends
One of the many signs of our times — bodements that move toward some form of crescendo (not too far.
Read MoreA True Tragedy
A constant refrain, from good Catholic folks, is that the Church, especially in America, at least the institution (which is.
Read MoreWatch Your Mouth (And Soul)
Our time! Just the other day, headline on Fox News: “Rocker Drops F-bombs During NHL All-Star Performance.” Quite a star..
Read MoreNotebook: The Plague Next Time
Will the current outbreak of what they’re calling “coronavirus” turn out to be an issue overplayed in the news, or.
Read MoreAbortion And Vaccines: A Nefarious History
You are doubtless aware of certain vaccine controversies. But the issue lingers. Are they safe? Do they cause autism?.
Read MoreThe Warning (For Discernment): Testimonies and Prophecies of the Illumination of Conscience
By Brian K. Kravec It’s not a stretch to think that humanity is a hot mess. We live in an.
Read MoreMassive Increase In Persecution
Leading Christian persecution watchdog nongovernmental organization Open Doors USA released it’s 2020 World Watch List Wednesday, an influential annual data report that.
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Images From Space
Have you ever noticed (no doubt a coincidence) how many strange images can be “seen” in celestial photography? For instance,.
Read MorePoliticians And Religion
A word of knowledge: “Good cannot come from evil, no matter how much ‘good’ evil does.” More than at any.
Read MoreWhat’s In A ‘Year’?
What’s in a year? Three hundred and sixty-five days. Twelve man-made months. It’s humans who count by the calendar. God.
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Mystery Persia
The importance in Scripture and prophecy of Iran and Iraq is apparent in the mention of Babylon, a city located.
Read MoreSigns Of The Times Keep On Keeping On
Nature has had its say through the decade, and continues to, so much so that events once worthy of major.
Read MoreUpheaval Watch: The Rich Richer Than Perhaps Rich Ever Was
The other day, the news aggregate Drudge Report spun its siren over the halcyon money-making time we live in —.
Read MoreThe Star Of Mystery
Always, at this time of year, in the secular world and at Christian outlets, are the stories, speculating on what the.
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Odds And Ends As Year Nears End
It seemed quite enough — some of the roadside billboards that advertise legal or medical services. “Dial 1-800-HURT911” and “Batman.
Read MoreHere And There In Scripture
Where better to gain wisdom than the “Books of Wisdom” in Scripture? One, as mentioned previously, is the Book of.
Read MoreOur Lives In God’s Eyes
What will you look like when you see your soul as God does? A key question, there. While a good.
Read MoreWho Is Vladimir Putin?
He is someone — Vladimir Putin — one longs, as a conservative Catholic, to embrace. He’s tough. He’s smart. Most.
Read MoreMary, Mother Of The Church
By Matthew Tsakanikas, Chair of Theology at Christendom College. “Fatima to Vatican II: Mary, ‘Mother of the Church’ and Individually.
Read MoreHere And There In Scripture
The Bible is full of surprises — vastly too many to list or even synopsize. In reading it from cover.
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Clearing Out Some Files
Looking through old files is always interesting. For example, there was a trip deep in Ukraine, during research for The.
Read MoreA Nation Divided Cannot Stand
Mother Cabrini, help us. Mother Cabrini, one of the very first American saints. Mother Cabrini, whose major shrines can be.
Read MoreWhen Popes Are In ‘Hot Water’
The recent “Pachamama” controversy (over a pagan idol brought into the Vatican during the Amazonian Synod) brought to mind a.
Read MoreTo The Pope: Time To Clear The Air
Dear Holy Father, we believe in obedience here. We take that lesson from innumerable saints. We look at Saint Padre.
Read MoreNotes From Mar-a-Lago
I’m driving after a visit with a well-known Christian doctor yesterday a few miles down the coastal highway in West.
Read MoreFrom All Sides: Curiosities
We live in a curious time. Many are the puzzlements. Much there is to contemplate. And interesting questions abound, some.
Read MoreHidden History: Columbus’ Amazing Catholicism
The year was 1326. The location was southwest of Madrid. The event was an apparition of the Virgin Mary at.
Read MoreThe Greatest Sins
When one thinks of evil people — those destined, in our estimation, for hellfire — the mind often flies to.
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How You Could Lose Control
If you think technology brings greater freedom, perhaps you should further contemplate the breakneck rush toward artificial intelligence. Are you.
Read MoreBizarre Politics
We don’t like to do politics here, but on occasion situations arise that warrant a few observations, as is now.
Read MoreCurses!
Did he really say it? It has to do with the famous prosperity minister and healer, Benny Hinn, God bless.
Read MoreGod Knows
Where we are currently stationed, in northeastern Florida, about five miles from the ocean, with Hurricane Dorian out there —.
Read MoreRemembering Two Storms
If Hurricane Dorian had hit as projected, near West Palm Beach and Lake Okeechobee, there would be two ironies. First.
Read MoreBig-Tech, Big Threat
The White House is circulating drafts of a proposed executive order that would address allegations of anti-conservative bias by social.
Read MoreSave The Shrine
Dear U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: Let’s get right to the point. You need to take some urgent action as.
Read MoreA Simple Inconvenient Truth
The Church would not be in the crisis it is were it not for the forsaking of Christ’s admonishment in.
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