The Joy of the Truth

If it seems at times that my blog posts are not in sync with current events, it's because most of them are a product of my meandering ponderings as I work in the garden, take a shower, or spend (distracted) time before the Blessed Sacrament. I was...

I was talking to my mom about politics yesterday. We were sharing our frustration with all of the negative ads that seem to be hitting a crescendo in the last week before the election. We were also sharing our incredulity at the number of Catholics and...

Ok, "cheaters never prosper" is a cliche. But so is "every law was meant to be broken," yet we hear this saying much more often - in word or idea. Our country is currently suffering from the greedy cheating of people associated with the Annie Mae and...

In our diocesan parenting program, "Teaching the Way of Love," one of the points we make is that we need to teach our children how to receive love well in addition to teaching them how to give love. I tell the story of Christmas at my parents' home and...

I just listened to Archbishop Fulton Sheen's program, "The Clown is Always Right" (an episode of Life is Worth Living). Archbishop Sheen proposes that clowns hold within their characters the ideal balance of seriousness and humor. He then describes in...