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May 2015

May 20, 2015

Transactional Justice: The Death Penalty and Tsarnaev

The trouble I see with transactional justice, especially when it goes as far as the...

May 19, 2015

3 Reasons Mary Helps Evangelize Our Loved Ones

Do you know someone who has left the Church? Who do you ask to pray...

May 15, 2015

5 Ways Believers Can Respond to the “Nones”

You may have read the new Pew statistics that suggest that Christianity in the United...

May 14, 2015

A Positive Look at the “Nones” Leaving the Church

This is a piece I wrote in 2012 that I think is still relevant to...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

That Christ May Live in Me: A Retreat for Young Women

The Daughters of St. Paul are holding a discernment retreat led by Sr. Margaret Michael...

April 29, 2015

Baltimore and Building the Kingdom of God

I don’t know what is happening in Baltimore. But I do know that when I...

April 28, 2015

The Prodigal You Love: Finalist for Major Award! (And Embarrassing Videos)

Some amazing news about my book The Prodigal You Love as well as some videos...

April 20, 2015

What Is Life Like in the Seminary? A Video Vignette…

Wonder what life is like for men preparing to become priests? Check out this short...

April 01, 2015

Loved Ones Away from the Church? – A Holy Week Intention

Do friendly atheists exist? Find out and help me with my Holy Week prayer intention...

March 2015

March 26, 2015

Give a Porn Star a Bible: Creativity in the Fight Against Porn

I am really impressed with the boldness and gumption with which nondenominational Christians often approach...

March 23, 2015

What Children’s Confessions Reveal…

For the first couple years as a priest, I would go through the usual Lenten...

March 04, 2015

Lenten Secrets for Finding Light in Today’s Darkness

Darkness has this interesting characteristic that it can become unexplainedly “fascinating” the more we hear...

February 2015

February 24, 2015

Urgent Prayer Intention: Father Michael Messner

Rev. Michael Messner, the pastor of Sacred Heart in Lancaster Pennsylvania, a church where two...

January 2015

January 13, 2015

#PrayforNigeria – Massacre Reportedly Kills Thousands

As Boko Haram, an extremist Islamic group, massacres and razes villages in Nigeria the world...

January 07, 2015

Help STOP the Execution of Richard Glossip – UPDATED AGAIN!

An innocent man is about to be executed in the state with the highest number...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

“I’m Coming Home for Christmas…”

Brian Laline, a journalist for the Staten Island Advance, just wrote a beautiful article about...

December 08, 2014

On the Senseless Death of a Friend

Last week, as the sun went down on the vigil of the first Sunday of...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

Christmas Letter from Archbishop in Syria

The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus, Samir Nassar, has written a heartbreaking letter for the beginning...

November 25, 2014

Top Ten Movies for Fallen-Away Catholics

Because some folks are just not readers and we are approaching the family movie-watching season,...

November 21, 2014

Top Ten Books for Fallen-Away Catholics

I asked some of my former fallen-away Catholic friends for ideas and I came up...

November 19, 2014

Nuns Don’t Grow on Trees

"Nuns don't grow on trees." So says Sr. Helena Burns FSP who is trying to...

October 2014

October 19, 2014

Three Reasons for Synod Hysteria (and the Solution)

Marriage and family are high voltage topics in any arena these days. So when Pope...

October 14, 2014

Gradualism—I am “Exhibit A”

When I first walked through the doors of a Catholic Church again, I was still...

October 11, 2014

ISIS Hails 10-Year-Old Child “Martyr”

ISIS supporters are hailing a 10-year-old boy they say died in US airstrikes in Syria...