Thinking About—Love
In preparing couples for marriage, I enjoy asking them what seems to be a simple question: “So, what is love?” Now for many of us, the word love is among our favorites. On…
Sacred Heart Major Seminary Offers Free, Online Course
DETROIT — Sacred Heart Major Seminary is looking to engage, energize and inspire with a series of free, online courses for lay Catholics starting March 11. The new “massive open…
Remaking St. Patrick’s Day
CATHOLIC WORLD REPORT- 03/15/2019 They called out as it were with one voice: ‘We beg you, holy boy, to come and walk again among us.’ This touched my heart deeply,…
Seeking Silence
Years ago, a man made a retreat to a remote monastery. Upon arriving there, the abbot informed him that he and the other monks hadn’t watched television in twenty-five years…
Give Up Gossiping for Lent
ROME (CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE) Lent is a good time to concentrate on fighting the urge to gossip about others and instead trying to correct one’s own faults and defects, Pope…
Ash Wednesday Reveals Our Eternal Purpose
A friend once told me of a trying time in her life. After being diagnosed with skin cancer, her physicians recommended that she receive treatment at a renowned skin cancer…
The Condition of Our Heart
We all have a list of things that drive us crazy. One that drives lots of people up the wall is caused by those, kids and some adults too, who do…
Saintly Intercessions
On a summer day in the year 2000, Jack Sullivan was told by his surgeon that based on scans of his spine, surgery would be necessary to repair it. Later…
Centenarian Deacon Reflects on 100 Years
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A lot has changed during Deacon Lawrence Girard’s 100 years on this earth. With a lifetime that has spanned two countries, two career paths and a vocation…
The Kids Can’t Take It—If We Don’t Give It
Bad boy Ruth—that was me. Don’t get the idea that I’m proud of my harum-scarum youth. I’m not. I simply had a rotten start in life, and it took me…