From the monthly archives: March 2012
The Second Vatican Council opened in 1963, a time when the world had recently experienced much turmoil, the horror of two World Wars, and the terror of the attempt to exterminate the Jewish nation. I have read many interpretations of what motivated Nazi Germany to carry out this evil, but none of them have explained [...]
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Expectations and how not to Fail (8:30)
Lent, 5th Sunday. Our lives are filled with expectations from all kinds of people: family, friends, coaches, parents, our children, [...]
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Lent, 4th Sunday. I don’t like to admit it, but it’s true: I know who I am. I’m the kind of person who [...]
In a post about marriage a couple weeks ago, I said that our modern way to look at marriage tends to be in terms of self-fulfillment. This is actually a form of selfishness, which makes it difficult to accept children and nearly impossible to truly love. A very clear portrayal of where that attitude [...]
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Cast the clutter out of your Temple
Lent, 3rd Sunday. Jesus casts out the sellers and money-changers because the temple should be about one thing: God. We [...]
It was a pleasant surprise to see how many people voted on our mini-poll (53 votes in one week), and also to see that an overwhelming majority voted for Number 4, which was:
4) Marriage is a free gift of love: the love between the husband and wife should be a self-sacrificing love that [...]
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Lent2 – A future full of Glory, a present full of Hope
Lent, Second Sunday. America: the Land of Opportunity! America used to be a place of [...]
Twelve Lessons on the Catholic Faith – by Fr. Benjamin Sember
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