Not only are Black Friday shopping hours steadily encroaching on the Thanksgiving holiday, but the “creep” is steadily encroaching on the sacredness of the family. It’s a dangerous mentality.
On my other international journalist trips, I learned that no matter what culture we live in, we want the best for our families and yearn for love, happiness, and security. From the Egan Journalism Fellowship trip I learned that suffering also is universal.
Just as we take stock of the past year on December 31 because it’s the end of the calendar year, we should take stock of the past year on the feast of Christ the King because it’s the end of our spiritual year, so to speak.
These days during Holy Mass, we’re listening to the story of the Macabees – the brave and committed People of God who heroically defied the Seleucids by refusing to worship their false idols. They paid dearly for it, including torture and Read more…
Pope Francis has drawn a striking contrast between what’s going on in the world and what we’ll soon be doing in the comfort of our own complacent lives.
My National Catholic Register post on consecrating France to Mary has elicited some very interesting responses. I’ll be chatting about that with Relevant Radio’s Morning Air Show host John Harper tomorrow, November 19 at 6:15amCST. I hope you’ll join us and call in with your comments and questions at 1-877-766-3888.
My entire trip to the Philippines was a throwback. The purpose of the Egan fellowship was to report on the relief and reconstruction programs run by Catholic Relief Services in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan.
And I did that. But, along the way I encountered some things from my past that left a deep impression on me.