Archive: March 2016

The Cards We Carry

“What’s in your wallet?” So goes the saying that accompanies the Capital One Venture card solicitation.  You can also go from “0 to Card in 60 seconds.”  The number of credit cards in use today varies from one card per individual...

Our Devotion

In the 1978 American musical film, Grease, actress Olivia Newton John (Sandy) intoned the lyrics “I’m hopelessly devoted to you.” Through her words, she really meant that her affection and devotion for her boyfriend, Danny (John Travolta), were...

Jesus Is In My Heart

Once there was a boy with a disability; he was slightly retarded, and also had cerebral palsy.  His name was Jeremy, and he was seven years old.  Instead of being placed in a special classroom at his parish school, Jeremy was mainstreamed, which...

The Ideal Disciple

Come to think of it, to illustrate in fitting fashion the most earthshaking event in the history of humankind ever, the Church should have picked an Easter gospel passage that conveyed clearly and unequivocally the Resurrection of Jesus from the...

The House of Abolition

Abortion has been a thorn in the side of American society since the Roe vs. Wade decision on January 22, 1973. Since then, abortion has become the most verboten of all subjects for polite conversation. It has divided political parties, households...

The Know-Nothings and Their Signs

The Know-Nothings were a political party that flourished briefly in the United States during the mid-1850s. Their chief idea was to restrict Catholic immigration. Some Know-Nothings even believed the Pope wanted to take over the country. The Know...

Who is Responsible for Violence in America?

The cover of The Week presented a caricature of Donald Trump with his face twisted in an angry snarl and his fist held out as if poised to smash someone’s face. The caption read “The Threat of Violence: Trump’s warning to protesters and Republicans...

Save the Country or Save Face?

How’s this for a movie plot? A terrorist has threatened to detonate a nuclear bomb in New York City. All the intelligence services in the country know who the terrorist is, and they also believe that he has a nuclear weapon at his disposal. However...