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Ask Mary to Speak to Her Son

You cannot count the number of times in your life you have said these words: “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, Amen.” Why do we do this? Why ask Mary to pray for us? Many say “No need to get the Mother involved, just […]

Russian Orthodox Condemn Pro-Homosexual UN Children’s Fund

Dec 31 14 • Stefano Gennarini, J.D. • 1 comment

As Christians around the world got ready to contemplate the innocence of the child Jesus, last week the Russian Orthodox Church took on a UNICEF paper that says children have LGBT rights. The Patriarch’s Commission on the Family of the Russian Orthodox Church released a scathing statement criticizing a UNICEF position paper that urges countries […]

TV Review: <em>The Sisterhood: Becoming Nuns</em>

TV Review: The Sisterhood: Becoming Nuns

Dec 30 14 • Sr. Helena Burns, fsp • 0 comments

Reality TV about five young women discerning their vocation at three different convents? How could this be the proper vehicle? Won’t the cameras interfere with or even hamstring this very personal and intimate process? Will it “work”? When I heard that such an animal was coming down the pike, I had great apprehension, even when […]

You Choose Hell (or Heaven)

Dec 29 14 • Guy McClung • 3 comments

An inner voice says“That is wrong” or “This is right” and then one makes a choice – to freely do a human act. That inner voice is God’s voice through the spiritual smartphone of conscience. The divine voice speaks in a language with the syntax and vocabulary of the Natural Law, a law mirroring the […]

Not According to Plan

Dec 29 14 • Barb Lishko • 1 comment

There are the plans we make, and then there are God’s plans. Sometimes, they line up. Take for instance last week. I thought I had it all figured out. Easy trip to the airport with one small caveat, the necessary requirement of bringing the old family dog into the friendly skies. Never having done this […]

Life in Post-Truth America

Dec 29 14 • Daniel Greenfield • 12 comments

In the absence of facts, there is only ideology.

The Christmas Tree, 1911, Albert Chevallier Tayler

Dickens’ Christmas Mystery

Dec 28 14 • Dr. Gary L. Welton • 0 comments

Pointing to the mystery of the ages.

Poem: ” Trouble, Disappointment and Grief”

Dec 28 14 • L. Lapiz • 0 comments

Trouble, Disappointment and Grief At a time in our lives When all should be well. There is trouble, disappointment and grief. How can this be so? Where is God? An often asked question, With no satisfactory answer. Some would offer,“Sacrifice is a blessing.” Others would suggest “God is too kind for that” Were I brilliant […]

The Birth of Christ and Time-Travel

Dec 25 14 • Rev. Tucker Cordani • 1 comment

On the Second Sunday of Advent I preached a sermon the subject of which was time, specifically on the minutiae that governs our temporal reality. Like sands in an hour glass, so are the days of our lives. Now I would like to revisit the subject of time from a different perspective—time travel. This is […]

From Angels We Have Heard

Dec 25 14 • Mark Davis Pickup • 0 comments

“The Word became flesh” (John 1.14) is a central tenet of Christian truth. It’s what Christmas is about ? not some little fat man in a red suit. Jesus is the Word that became flesh. The Incarnation: God made man. It is a unique and singular historical event so significant that the universe rejoiced. Saint […]

Earthly Sucker or Eternal Fool

Dec 24 14 • Guy McClung • 0 comments

The Magnificent Seven is one of the definitive Westerns, with timeless themes, Oscar-nominated music, gun play (and knife play), and characters whose goodness or evil is never in doubt. Harry Luck (Brad Dexter) is one of the six gunmen that Chris Adams (Yul Brynner) recruits to help a small Mexican village raided periodically by marauding […]

Wedding Rings and Christmas Tree Ornament

When Hollywood Celebrated Christmas and Marriage

Dec 23 14 • Dr. Paul Kengor • 0 comments

I don’t see a happy ending to this story.

From Grief to Gratitude

Dec 23 14 • Rich Vosler • 0 comments

Christmas traditions help a family cope after mother passes away In 2005 I lost my wife Joanne after her short battle with cancer. Nothing could have prepared me and our nine children for the future that lay before us. Our first Christmas without her was heart-wrenching. I remember decorating the tree, with every ornament that […]

Fr. Don Calloway on the Power of Mary

Dec 23 14 • Patti Maguire Armstrong • 0 comments

Twelve years ago, a brief article in the Marian Helper magazine caught my attention. “My mother never gave up on me,” I read. “Even though I dropped out of high school, she never gave up on me, and now I’m becoming a priest.” That simple little story spoke volumes. I was on the lookout for inspirational […]

Poem: “The Arrival”

Dec 22 14 • Barb Lishko • 0 comments

The Arrival Arrival of what, perhaps you ask? What is so important, am I up for the task? There are presents to buy, wrap and give, I have a life and I’ve got it to live. It’s Christmas after all, what’s else matters, lights and trees, and gifts that flatter. What does it matter if […]

Can Traditionalism Function in the Modern Church?

Dec 22 14 • Kevin M. Tierney • 5 comments

Mr. Bornhoft, I thank you for your response to my letter. I think, after reading it, you should revisit some of the claims you originally made. At most, they are colloquial expressions made by a few writers which don’t hold up to theological scrutiny, something which isn’t that shocking when you look at most of […]

You’re Safe with Daddy

Dec 22 14 • James Littleton • 1 comment

There is a prevalence of inordinate fear and anxiety in Western culture today. Yet, we are called not to live a fear-driven life, but rather a life of deeply rooted faith and trust in our loving, all powerful, caring Father in heaven. Yes, He is your Father. We all innately desire safety and security. But, […]

Shudder — It’s Good for You

Dec 21 14 • Mary Kochan • 2 comments

Be sober. Accept reality. This is serious.

Praying for a White Christmas

Dec 20 14 • Tom Purcell • 0 comments

The snow started coming down hard a few hours after we’d arrived. It was Christmas Eve 1976. We were 20 miles from home, visiting my mother’s sister at her home in the country. Earlier that evening, my mother, father, grandmother and sisters had piled into the station wagon to begin our trek. I was 14 […]

Getting in Touch Again: Date Night

Dec 19 14 • Kevin DiCamillo • 0 comments

Making date night work without too much work One way of being a better parent and spouse is making and keeping “date night.” Contrary to popular belief, this need not be (a) extravagant, (b) expensive, (c) so regular that it becomes boring (you can only do “dinner and a movie” so often), nor (d) require […]

Poem: “Be Ready for the Infant King”

Dec 18 14 • Joann Nelander • 0 comments

Be Ready for the Infant King Who will come to the stable On Christmas Day? And what will they take away? Wise men, steadfast and earnest, came, Instead of palace music, They heard the donkey brae. A lowly sound and sight, Yet their wonder unallayed. Many come rejoicing, To behold the Newborn King, Bowing low, […]

Votive Candles: Lights of Faith and Hope

Dec 18 14 • Fr. Edward Looney • 2 comments

An elderly woman stands at the votive candle area and lights eight large candles. She says a prayer and then finds her place in the pew. On exiting the Church, a young girl, no more than ten years old, lights a small candle with her dad watching on. Her dad told her to say a […]

LGBT Activists Meet at UN, Promise to Keep Fighting

Dec 18 14 • Stefano Gennarini, J.D. • 0 comments

On Human Rights Day, homosexual activists converged on UN headquarters to make the case that “LGBT rights are human rights.” But only a few countries within the United Nations agree. Undersecretary General Jan Eliasson called the promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender rights (LGBT) an “unfinished human rights revolution.” He lamented the lack of international […]

Movie Review: <em>Exodus: Gods and Kings</em>

Movie Review: Exodus: Gods and Kings

Dec 17 14 • Sr. Helena Burns, fsp • 0 comments

Exodus–the story of Moses–proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that atheists make the best Bible movies (see my review of Noah). I don’t know that atheists necessarily make the best contemporary movies about faith or people of faith, but they certainly do the oldies well. Perhaps this is in part because they mine an […]

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