Miracle in the Classroom
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12 We are living in a very tumultuous time in the...
View ArticleManaging Suffering In Your Life
People suffer—good people and bad people. When the so-called good people suffer, many of us look at the so-called bad people thriving and complain. Scripture records such lamentations. It seems...
View ArticleHope and Joy From an Unborn Child
Can a woman forget her nursing child, or show no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; your walls...
View ArticleThis Lent Crucify Your Despair to the Cross of Hope!
Scripture teaches us the difference between despair and hope in the persons and reactions of Judas and Peter. Peter denied even knowing Our Lord three times, felt great sorrow over his actions, and...
View ArticleWhen Carrying the Cross, Keep Moving Forward
There is a sign that someone made on oak tag and hung outside their cubicle in my office. It reads simply “keep moving forward.” It is a simple yet profound exhortation. “Keep moving forward.” Maybe...
View ArticleLessons from a Fig Tree and Morning Glories
Have you ever been tempted to give up only to have something inside of you say, “Don’t.” “Keep at it.” “Be patient, it will all work out.” That is what I have been facing lately. For three years now I...
View ArticlePessimism, Optimism, Hope and Change
Over my lifetime, I have been called many things, some of which are printable. Within the last 11 years’ worth of blogging, I’ve had a little mud slung at me, which if nothing else proves I can...
View ArticleA Tyrant and a Saint from the Same Small Country
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta was largely known for her work in India, so we tend to forget that she was born in the tiny Eastern European county of Albania. What many also may do not realize is...
View ArticleReflecting on Advent, Christmas, and Midnight Mass
My wife always frets during this time of year. The fretting begins about three weeks before Thanksgiving and doesn’t end until some time after Christmas. She frets because she is a loving, kind,...
View ArticleWill Everyone Be Saved? Our Hope and Faith
The answer to the question, “Will everyone be saved?”, would appear to be simply a matter of fact, yes or no. But, is it? The answer could be simply a matter of fact if the answer were a definitive...
View ArticleLighting Candles in a Very Dark World
As Christians our duty and our joy is lighting candles in a very dark world. In the 1950’s, Father James Keller of the Christophers used to end late night TV, right before the station signed off the...
View ArticleA Call to Faith and Hope in These Uncertain Times
There’s nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.” Woody Hayes, American collegiate gridiron football coach, (1913-1987) Soothsayers, armchair analysts and Hollywood have...
View ArticleHoly Saturday in the Company of the Blessed Virgin
A note from the Editor-in-Chief: Although CS does not usually publish poetry, CS writer and managing editor Peter Darcy offers a poem especially fitting for Holy Saturday, along with a new Rosary...
View ArticleHope When Hope Seems Gone—Dr. Aaron Kheriaty
Ours is an age of social disruption, isolation, and atomization. Rates of suicide among young people, rich and poor, along with instances of clinical depression are on the sharp rise since 1999. A...
View ArticleA Tyrant and a Saint from the Same Small Country
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta was largely known for her work in India, so we tend to forget that she was born in the tiny Eastern European county of Albania. What many also may do not realize is...
View ArticleReflecting on Advent, Christmas, and Midnight Mass
My wife always frets during this time of year. The fretting begins about three weeks before Thanksgiving and doesn’t end until some time after Christmas. She frets because she is a loving, kind,...
View ArticleWill Everyone Be Saved? Our Hope and Faith
The answer to the question, “Will everyone be saved?”, would appear to be simply a matter of fact, yes or no. But, is it? The answer could be simply a matter of fact if the answer were a definitive...
View ArticleLighting Candles in a Very Dark World
As Christians our duty and our joy is lighting candles in a very dark world. In the 1950’s, Father James Keller of the Christophers used to end late night TV, right before the station signed off the...
View ArticleA Call to Faith and Hope in These Uncertain Times
There’s nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.” Woody Hayes, American collegiate gridiron football coach, (1913-1987) Soothsayers, armchair analysts and Hollywood have...
View ArticleHoly Saturday in the Company of the Blessed Virgin
A note from the Editor-in-Chief: Although CS does not usually publish poetry, CS writer and managing editor Peter Darcy offers a poem especially fitting for Holy Saturday, along with a new Rosary...
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