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April 2016

April 09, 2016

When College Shakes Your Faith, Listen to Flannery O’Connor (Lights in the Darkness series)

My second piece in the Lights in the Darkness series In a modern culture that...

March 2016

March 30, 2016

“Why I Am a Catholic” by G.K. Chesterton – (“Lights in the Darkness” Series)

"Lights in the Darkness" In a modern culture that is adrift, it is good to...

March 24, 2016

Why the Little Sisters of the Poor Matter

They are not accustomed to fanfare. Nor do they prefer it. But the Little Sisters...

March 19, 2016

The Church of Second Chances: Christ & the Wretchedness of Peter

The Apostle Peter Kneeling by Rembrandt van Rijn It struck me during Mass. It was...

March 15, 2016

Thomas More’s Choice… & Ours

Thomas More by Hans Holbein "There can be seasonal misrule only within a prevailing architecture...

March 06, 2016

What This Catholic Saw At the Movie “Risen”

He was steady, to say the least. And he needed to be. As a Roman...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

We Need a Burke, a Churchill or a Thatcher…Not a Trump

“Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and...

February 14, 2016

Why Antonin Scalia Matters

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Just shy of his 80th birthday and his 30th year...

February 10, 2016

Why Christ Needed the Wilderness (& So Do We)

The Temptation of Jesus by Gustave Dore He was tired and hungry. Why wouldn't he...

January 2016

January 31, 2016

Why My Kids Go To Catholic School

Author's Note: Last year, for Catholic Schools Week, I was asked to speak to my...

January 26, 2016

Why Peyton Matters

Peyton Manning "You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats...

January 19, 2016

Thomas Merton & “the Most Remarkable People He Ever Knew”

The Village Church by Benjamin Williams Leader He considered them "among the most...

January 11, 2016

What This Catholic Dad Saw at Star Wars

Note: This piece may contain spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Let me start...

January 03, 2016

Jacob Marley & Me

Marley's Ghost by John Leech I know, I know. The Christmas season is winding...

December 2015

December 24, 2015

The Mary of Christmas & the Mary of Good Friday – What I Learned From the Mother of Christ

Virgin Mary by El Greco It happened on Good Friday. I was sitting with my...

December 13, 2015

“Let’s Start at the Very Beginning” – The Advent Message I Missed in “The Sound of Music”

Their eyes were wide. But I wanted to make an impact. So I overwhelmed...

December 08, 2015

John the Baptist & the Hard Truth About Advent

John (the Baptist) in the Wilderness by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio He was fierce. Wild,...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

“This Night Must Lead to Light”: Father Delp, the Nazis & Advent

He rubbed his wrists. It couldn't be helped. The manacles had been on since Father...

November 23, 2015

The Most Arrogant Coronation

It was extraordinary. In 1804, under the vaulted, holy arches of France's finest cathedral,...

November 14, 2015

God Protect France

It was a dark time. October, 1940. The French colossus of Napoleon and...

November 12, 2015

Scared to Become a Saint

Once upon a time, not long ago, I prayed that God would make...

November 09, 2015

On Pilgrimage & Sacramentality – Hilaire Belloc’s “The Four Men”

Author's Note: This piece was written for Joseph Pearce's St. Austin Review (November/December 2015 edition),...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

God’s Revolutionaries

He smelled. Of course he did. He slept in caves and crevices, but could always...

October 22, 2015

“Be Not Afraid” – Suffering & St. John Paul II

As he kindly surveyed them, he smiled. And without saying it, he seemed to...

October 12, 2015

Law, Mercy & Controversy at the Synod on the Family

The Adulterous Woman Alone with Jesus by James Tissot In case you hadn't heard,...

October 08, 2015

“Never Give In” – What We Can Still Learn From Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill It was a homecoming. Of sorts. He had been there only a...

October 05, 2015

My Midnight Monastery

It never fails. *Ding!* My phone lights up and illuminates a once dark room....

October 01, 2015

Pope Francis & the Answer to “Radical Loneliness”

They were young, but inspired. How could they not be? After all, this...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

On Being Fair to Pope Francis

Pope Francis I am exhausted. But smiling. As Pope Francis limped his final steps up...

September 26, 2015

Joy Is On Tour – How Pope Francis Stunned Me & America

Pope Francis You know you have heard about it. The stories of the...