A priest living in Washington D.C. went to the airport to pick up a visitor from Africa whom he had befriended while serving as a missionary there. It was a cold, winter day; there was no snow on the ground, but everything was gray and bare. When...
Jesus is earthy. He who through which the physical universe was created became an incarnate being of skin, muscle, bones and hair. These are earthy things. Jesus ate, drank, tasted food, sweat, bled, felt pain and fatigue, got blisters and stiff...
Here is a man who was born of Jewish parents in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another obscure village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty. And then, for three years, He was an itinerant preacher. He...
“Our humanity were a poor thing but for the divinity that stirs within us.” +Francis Bacon As the season of Advent draws nearer its conclusion, we prepare to celebrate the Incarnation: that miraculous birth of a child who was both wholly God and...
The most vital question facing humanity has implications for healthcare, politics, education, business, technology, and every human field. The question is this: who is the human person? If we do not answer this question truthfully, all of...
In a world where so many are seeking healings, Catholics have the greatest physician constantly available to them. You don’t even need an appointment as He always reside in the tabernacle of your local Catholic Church. Many parishes...
