Born in the early 200s, Saint Crispin and Chrispinian were noble Roman brothers, who are rumored to be identical twins by late Danish pianist Victor Borge, but due to a poor joke made by Borge, stating that his father and uncle were identical twins, but he was not...
It has been said we live in a throwaway society. People throw things in the trash or recycle bin we no longer need. We do it with the latest trends and we also do it with ideas. It is sad when we do the same thing with people in our lives. This happens in...
I’m a Catholic with many Protestant friends and some family members, too. One of the most stabbing comments is when the topic of Mary comes up. The notion that Catholics worship Mary is nails on a chalkboard. When I get the twitching to stop, I gently correct the...
The violence in the Holy Land is hard to ignore. The reports of unspeakable tragedies, the loss of human life and the sufferings that are being inflicted across the region (and across religions and nationalities) should make us all pause and offer a prayer. Perhaps...
As Catholics we often hear that our salvation comes through baptism. We also hear that it comes through our daily following the Lord. This is one-hundred percent true. Our salvation does indeed begin at baptism, and thus through the sacramental life. There is a way...
I was once having a casual chat with a priest. Somehow, we got on the subject of animals and Heaven. This led him to say, “Now, there might be animals in heaven, but it won’t be Fluffy.” My heart sank. At the time, I had an older beagle named...
