February 23, 2007
Who died on the Cross? A Lenten Meditation
Lent is upon us. As Catholics, we focus on our mortality and our relationship with Jesus Christ during the forty days of Lent in preparation for Easter (just as Jesus spent 40 days in the wilderness before His public ministry)....
February 20, 2007
Another great Catholic Carnival
Go check out this week's Catholic Carnival here. As always it is excellent. I also find something a bit surprising in the Carnival. God bless, Jay...
February 19, 2007
Presidential Election 2008: A Disaster for Life?
It’s a little early, but the 2008 Presidential elections are getting started and I think it’s an appropriate time to take an initial look at the field. For the last six years, President Bush has done some good things for...
February 16, 2007
Is “The Secret” really the key to happiness?
The now well-known book and DVD series called The Secret has been on Oprah (which makes any book a blockbuster), Ellen DeGeneres and even on Larry King Live. Ultimately, The Secret claims to be a simple secret that can lead...
February 15, 2007
Anima Christi
The Anima Christi is one of my favorite prayers, so I thought I would add it in full. Many Catholics still pray it after receiving the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. It is exceptionally poignant at...
February 14, 2007
How Religions have Grown
I'm sure there's controversy within some of the assumptions here, but I though this was pretty interesting. In short it attempts to show how the major world religions have spread through the bulk of the earth (our country was too...
February 12, 2007
New C.S. Lewis Movie: The Screwtape Letters
It's good to see Christian movies becoming more mainstream - and I think it helps with our culture as long as the movies retain their Christian character. I just learned that The Screwtape Letters is going to become a movie....
February 06, 2007
Social Justice and the Family
Do you know the leading cause of poverty in the United States, according to the president of DePaul University? Last September I was at the National meeting for the St. Vincent de Paul Society where he was the keynote speaker,...
February 01, 2007
A Reflection by Pope Benedict XVI
The following is a reflection written by Pope Benedict XVI on the "New Man". Enjoy! The breakthrough to the new man takes place in Jesus Christ. In him the real future of man, what he can be and should be,...
