We are beginning Advent in this Year of the Family. What a wonderful time to refocus and give the family a Christian orientation, as we prepare to receive the child Jesus on Christmas day. This passages from the Second Vatican Council shows the deep and rich...

Heaven exists as a revealed truth from God, but so does hell. However, many people today find it practically impossible to accept the existence of hell. If God is truly all-loving and all-merciful, how could he ever permit hell, where people suffer excruciating pains...

November is the month where the Church encourages us to consider death, heaven, hell and purgatory. Let’s start by considering the topic of death. Death is a great mystery. It’s mere possibility—of our own or our loved-ones—often terrifies us. We hate death, because...

While some are still discerning their commitment, St. Mary of the Angels completed our stewardship program last week by filling out a personalized Commitment Card. Thank you, because you said Yes to Jesus Christ. Some of you made a decision to give more of your gift...

October is the month of the Holy Rosary, where we set time aside for this special prayer to Our Lady. October is also time to reflect on Christ’s lordship and our stewardship. Our Lord entrusts each one of us with a particular responsibility in his kingdom; this is...

It is easy for children to complain and criticize parents and their rules, especially when they don’t get to do what they want. The same is true with citizens of their governmental leaders and laws. Yes, we are called on to obey all legitimate authorities and laws,...

St. Josemaría’s pastoral letter to Opus Dei faithful that he wrote (dated July 16, 1933), seemed to me to describe the current situation of our world, with insights on how we ought to proceed: Jesus wants us to have his spirit. Do you see how he constantly longs to be...

The Jewish authorities often challenged Jesus, yet he encouraged us to respect them and all legitimate authority. For example, when the Scribes and Pharisees try to trap our Lord, dragging before him a woman they catch in adultery to challenge Jesus: should we obey...

Often people reduce the Fourth Commandment, “Honor thy father and mother,” to a child’s obligation to obey their mother and father. Certainly obedience is important, as a child honors his parents and God by obeying them and God’s law. Obedience is the child’s way of...

COVID-19 Vaccines Many people are conflicted about receiving one of the Covid-19 vaccines. I know Catholics and non-Catholics, political liberals and conservatives, medical and pharmaceutical professionals, etc. who refuse to take the vaccine and… others of the same...