I grew up with my widow mom and four siblings doing “Catholic things” as regular rituals and annual family traditions – from attending Sunday Mass, to eating fish sticks and going to a Stations of the Cross service every Friday in Lent, and to lining up outside the confessional booth on a repeating schedule.  Only when I got... Continue Reading →

The world hates you. How's that for a pleasant way to start this blog?! If you think that today's secular culture - created and molded by members such as leftist politicians, godless celebrities, propagandist media, and marxist educational institutions - disapprove of your authentically Christian lifestyle, you are only partially correct. They don't simply disapprove;... Continue Reading →

Which of these options are better for your soul, better for your personal development, and expected of faithful Christians? (a) Serving or (b) Being served? (a) Giving or (b) Receiving? (a) Benefiting long-term or (b) Benefiting immediately If you answered (a) to these options, you are counter-cultural in that, unlike most of the secular population,... Continue Reading →

Many families having been executing traditional practices during this Advent season so as to create memories and help form the faith of parents and kids alike.   These activities include lighting candles on the Advent wreath, observing St. Nicholas Day, opening up a window each day on the Advent calendar, and setting up a nativity scene in... Continue Reading →

There have been periods in our history when past generations had to endure through the most difficult times imaginable. From the two World Wars to the Depression, people were in despair and deathly afraid of what was happening in their lives and throughout the world and weren’t sure if there was any hope for the... Continue Reading →

Many Catholics love the Advent season for its twofold purpose. One purpose of the  season is to prepare for celebrating the anniversary of when Christ was made flesh on that first Christmas morning and dwelt among us. Secondly, Advent provides four weeks to focus our minds and prepare our hearts in anticipation of Christ’s second coming... Continue Reading →

In today’s so-called tolerant society, a majority of the younger generation, a growing number of religions, and at least half of self-described Christians equate "love" with "nonjudgmental kindness.” When Jesus commanded us, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39), the current culture’s belief is that translates to mean affirm others in their beliefs, be... Continue Reading →

I've previously argued why CRT, DEI, and BLM are terms you don’t want to see invade your child’s school. (See my previous articles, "Set Aside Race; Don't Highlight It" and "The 3 Letters You Want to Find in Your Child's School Are Not D-E-I; They Are G-O-D.") But what about the latest trendy educational term, SEL,... Continue Reading →

November 2, 2023 At 2:00 am this coming Sunday, November 5, Daylight Saving Time ends, and so we are to turn back our clocks one hour to 1:00 am. That’s not enough! I plead for us to be able to turn back time much more! We have been experiencing in the 2020s the rapid decline... Continue Reading →