Archive: January 2018

The Existence of Satan

The movie, The Exorcist, came out back in 1973, and it was an immediate sensation; millions of people were frightened by the story of a Catholic priest battling with the devil over the fate of a teenaged girl suffering from demonic possession. One...

A “Dreamers” Dinner

The pastor of a local Catholic church used the weekly bulletin to invite his parishioners to a special dinner at which a number of so-called Dreamers would share their experiences in the United States and their concerns for their futures. “Dreamers”...

The Lord Fights by Our Side

We are here to celebrate and to give thanks to God for the fact that he has kept the following promise to a “T.” Deuteronomy 18:18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you(Moses) from among their kinsmen, and will put my words into...

Transforming Us from Within

There’s a man in Ohio named Marcus Grodi who served for a long time as a Protestant minister until he felt an undeniable calling to do something completely unexpected: to become a Catholic. He then founded a ministry named the Coming Home Network...

The Dark History of Communism and Today’s Students

We should not be shocked that a recent survey shows considerable support for socialism by Americans. In March 2017, the conservative magazine National Review reported on a survey by the American Culture and Faith Institute finding that four out of...

Are Catholic Schools Fading Away?

Starting Sunday, January 28th, Catholic Schools Week begins. The principal at St. Patrick School in Chatham, New Jersey addressed the congregation at the 5:00 PM mass and asked that they pray for St. Patrick’s School. Given that I belong to St...

Turning from Our Evil Ways

… the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth. …they turned from their evil ways… We’ve heard countless times that our lives may be compared to a journey. We’ve set out on...

Come and See

A man in Baltimore named Sidney played the flute as part of the city’s Symphony Orchestra; he was extraordinarily skilled at his instrument, but not sure how much of a contribution he was really making. One morning the orchestra was rehearsing, and...