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November 2025

November 15, 2025

Beyond Left and Right: Catholic Church on Immigration

Because immigration touches on human dignity, labor, the family, and the common good, it resists...

October 2025

October 10, 2025

Pope Leo on Love for the Poor

With the publication of his first Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi te, Pope Leo XIV has offered...

September 2025

September 19, 2025

Faithful in Little, Faithful in Much

Something the Gospel message is simple: be faithful in small things before being entrusted with...

February 2024

February 16, 2024

From Sinner to Saint – Conversion and How to Live Lent

Have you ever thought about where the Luminous Mysteries of the rosary come from? Would...

February 13, 2024

Smudges On Our Foreheads – Lent Brings Religion to the World

Ash Wednesday begins a long journey of Lent. This liturgical season is a great opportunity...

February 07, 2024

World Marriage Sunday – Celebrating a Beautiful Vocation

We are celebrating World Marriage Sunday, an international celebration promoted particularly well by the Catholic...

January 2024

January 22, 2024

The Protégé Effect: Augustine On Reading Scripture

The protégé effect is not a recent discovery. Saint Augustine taught it centuries ago. I...

January 16, 2024

Contemplating Your Spouse With God’s Eyes: Key To Happiness

Contemplating your spouse with God's eyes is one of the greatest keys to success in...

January 15, 2024

Spiritual Direction: What To Say The First Time

Spiritual Direction wakes up a lot of feelings. If this is your first Spiritual Direction,...

January 10, 2024

Help Youth Encounter The Lord, Hear His Voice And Follow Him

Help youth encounter the Lord, hear his voice, and follow him. Pope Francis holds young...

January 08, 2024

Pope Francis Condemns Freemasonry In The Philippines

Pope Francis condemns Freemasonry in the Philippines. We live in a society that is increasingly...

January 06, 2024

How Augustine’s Response to Fundamentalism Helps Us Today

Augustine begins his prologue of De Doctrina Christiana addressing fundamentalism. Fundamentalism is present today in...

January 01, 2024

Starting Anew, In Christ, Under The Maternal Gaze Of Mary

We are starting anew. We enter the New Year with hope and expectation. There is...

December 2023

December 27, 2023

Pray like a Professional: Pray like John the Evangelist

Pray like a professional. We can look at so many aspects of life where we...

December 23, 2023

We Must Do 3 Things to Hear God, Says Pope Francis

We must do 3 things to hear God. Pope Francis gave his annual Christmas Greetings...

December 19, 2023

Blessing Same-Sex Unions? 5 Things to Keep in Mind

The Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith has published a declaration Fiducia Supplicans, clarifying...

December 18, 2023

Can Catholics Do Yoga?

A common question I get in Pasadena is, “Father, can Catholics do yoga?” I am...

December 13, 2023

3 Takeaways from 2023 at the Newman Center Pasadena

What are the 3 takeaways from 2023 at the Newman Center Pasadena? 2023 has been...

December 12, 2023

Experience Joy to Understand Christmas

Pure joy What am I truly looking for? When is the last time you experienced...

December 06, 2023

God’s Plan for Marriage: Friendship and Love

Friendship and Love Friendship and love go together. What can a priest say about marriage?...

December 04, 2023

Three Ways to Live Advent as Mission, following St. John the Baptist

We are called to live Advent as mission. When we think of John the Baptist,...

December 03, 2023

How Heresy can Lead to Truth: When Being Wrong is Right

The great thing about heresy is that is an occasion when being wrong is right....