If white privilege is real, then "father privilege" is real. Whatever benefits might have accrued to me as a result of my skin color, I can't help but recognize that I've been tremendously blessed to have had a loving, caring... Continue Reading →
(Introductory Note: This blog post is more personal and a bit less polished than my usual writing. I wrote the initial draft as a private meditation to help me process my own experience at an Easter Vigil Mass a few... Continue Reading →
Belief in Christ is not a license to commit grave crimes against other human beings--God does not give anyone a ticket to Heaven, whereby we can commit grave crimes against other human beings and be forgiven automatically without repenting.
In my first post of this three-part series, I described the mental struggles suffered by St. John Neumann as a seminarian, and how he nonetheless endeavored a dangerous (and possibly one-way) journey to the United States in order to seek... Continue Reading →
When one thinks of the great heroes of the United States, one might call to mind hypermasculine figures that faced the hardships of life head-on with an indomitable swagger. One might call to mind John Wayne (or, at least, the... Continue Reading →
God won’t let you down. Have faith in Him...He has helped so many others!
Norma McCorvey's sincerity, or lack thereof, is simply immaterial to the truth of the pro-life cause.
When it comes to the science of vaccines, we should value the opinions of hundreds of experts from across the globe over the opinions of thousands of concerned parents, no matter how well-intentioned or intelligent the latter may be.
As a Catholic, I'm not trying work my way into Heaven, wondering if I've prayed enough rosaries or done enough good deeds to get in.
