Spirit & Life Blog
“In a world where everything is on the same level, everything becomes sadly equal. A profane, I would even say a profaned, world is a joyless world. Basically, the loss of the sense of the sacred is reason for sadness. How enchanting it is for a young altar server to approach the altar for the…
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Twenty years ago, a large crowd gathered outside a hospice in Florida where they held a 24-hour round-the-clock prayer vigil. Inside the hospice lay Terri Schiavo, a 41-year-old woman who some years before had suffered a severe heart attack, leaving her severely disabled. Among those present in the crowd, were Schiavo’s parents and her brother…
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“On some positions, cowardice asks the question: Is it safe? Expediency asks the question: Is it politic? Vanity asks the question: is it popular? But conscience asks the question: Is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic nor popular, but he must take…
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“On some positions, cowardice asks the question: Is it safe? Expediency asks the question: Is it politic? Vanity asks the question: is it popular? But conscience asks the question: Is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic nor popular, but he must take…
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When Pope St. John Paul II released his extraordinary pro-life encyclical Evangelium vitae, he fittingly did so on March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation. On this day, the Universal Church celebrates two great mysteries: The moment when the Godhead first took on human flesh, and became incarnate within the womb of Mary; and Mary’s…
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I bind myself today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through belief in the Threeness, Through confession of the Oneness of the Creator of creation. – St. Patrick’s Breastplate Today, the Catholic Church remembers and celebrates the life of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. This beloved saint of the Emerald…
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It is not uncommon to question why the Catholic Church is interested in contraception. Further, because the subject is rarely preached about or spoken of, it is often unclear what exactly the Church teaches and why. Modern society idolizes what it perceives as freedom, especially regarding human sexuality. Some assert that “love is love.” Sex…
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Among the dozens of Executive Orders President Donald J. Trump signed during the first few weeks in office were two Executive Orders: Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families and Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12. The first aims to expand educational freedom and opportunity for families, and the second addresses discrimination and protecting parental rights.…
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You may recall during the national elections in November 2024 that, among the several state ballot initiatives, the State of West Virginia established a constitutional ban on assisted suicide. Amendment 1 made clear that “no person, physician, or health care provider in the State of West Virginia shall participate in the practice of medically assisted…
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The Death of Pope Francis
The loss of a pope is always a moment of enormous significance for Catholics. In the brief period in between the death of one pope, and the election of his successor, there is a sense of an absence. We have lost our spiritual father. It is in these moments of mourning that we recall the…
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