Each of us has times in our life when we get weighed down by personal problems, physical challenges, and troubling thoughts, and this leads to feeling overwhelmed, depressed, and often hopeless. When it becomes too much, some people search for their solace in a bottle, while others might start wondering if their life has enough... Continue Reading →

Today's society has confused people into not understanding the benefits of masculinity. There may be men who display toxic personality traits and act in harmful and dysfunctional ways, but so-called "toxic masculinity" is a bogus term. By inventing this term, feminists, leftists, and sheepish men were trying to say that the males species is too... Continue Reading →

In both elementary and high school education, along with in the mental health field, the concept of mindfulness has been a hot buzzword since the 2000s. Psychology Today defines mindfulness as "a state of active, open attention to the present; observing one’s thoughts and feelings without judging them as good or bad; a tool to... Continue Reading →

Darkness is the absence of light; where there is no light, there is darkness. Darkness – also known as evil/the devil/Satan - is not a powerful force fighting against God; it is the absence of God. The devil does not try to impose a dark power of evil on us as much as he seeks... Continue Reading →

There once was a time when all Catholic families worked their weekend schedule around Mass, as they made sure going to church each Sunday was never missed. Today, the majority of (self-identifying) Catholic families rarely attend Mass beyond Christmas and Easter, and even if they do go once or twice a month, it’s often their... Continue Reading →

If you become the parent of a child who, as he or she is growing into young adulthood chooses to leave the faith, you will no doubt be doing a lot of soul searching, filing through your database of memories to look for a moment during your kid’s childhood when you might have said the... Continue Reading →

The news of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon shutting down its department of Catholic Schools and its controversy involving how their schools are handling the hot-topic of gender ideology demonstrates the infiltration of anti-Catholicism I have seen happening in Catholic education. As a 40-year veteran educator in the neighboring Seattle Archdiocese Catholic schools, with... Continue Reading →

Every July 4th, Americans celebrate with fireworks and special events. The holiday is officially called "Independence Day," but over time society has changed this to the more popular and less meaningful moniker, "The Fourth of July." The fireworks shot off on this holiday are supposed to be commemorating the "rockets red glare and bombs bursting... Continue Reading →

Hopefully you have taken time during this month of June - the month of the Sacred Heart - to pray in thanksgiving for the burning love in Jesus’s heart for us. We honor His Sacred Heart because it reminds us that our Savior's human heart first began beating in the womb of the Blessed Virgin... Continue Reading →