Understanding Church teachings and defending the dignity of life
“Understanding Church teachings and defending the dignity of life” by Fr. John for The Texas Catholic. As another election concludes, Catholics should remember we are responsible for helping to unify our country. One way to do that is to announce together...
Silence and the Word
When Moses asks God to provide a name that he might share with the enslaved Israelites in Egypt, “God replied to Moses: ‘I am who I am.’ Then He added: ‘This is what you will tell the Israelites: I am has sent me to you.’ God spoke further to Moses: ‘This is what you will say to the Israelites: The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you’” (Exodus 3:14-15).
What is a man? Discovering masculinity through faith, humility
What is a man? That’s a wonderful question that seems difficult to raise without provoking strong reactions.
Two ways of apologizing
Christians are required to apologize for their faith. They do this in one of two ways.
The opportunity for scrupulosity
Many of us today suffer from scrupulosity, which I think could be defined — at least insofar as it is a spiritual and not a psychological condition — as a disordered concern for one’s own righteousness.