Not too long ago, I read that if we were to construct an average (Protestant) bible, it would contain about 807,000 words and be around 1,200 pages long. The average Catholic bible would be a little larger because of the Read more…

Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone! Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God, with your whole heart, and with your whole being, and with your whole strength. Take to heart these words which I command you Read more…

Many of us spend some time at the beginning of a new year reflecting on our lives the past year or maybe even longer. And when we do that, quite a few of us find things within ourselves that we Read more…

So how is your Advent going so far?  Feeling a little guilty (like I am) because the good intentions that you had at the beginning of Advent to try and come to the quiet and to “be still and know Read more…

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I command?” Luke 6:46  “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction and those who enter through it are Read more…

My wife, some good friends and I had just finished dinner and were sitting around the dining room table talking about God the other night. The conversation started with a question something like this: “We begin our spiritual journeys by Read more…

I recently came across a web page for a Christian Bible study program.  It was sponsored by Indiana Wesleyan University with most of the topics covering the Old Testament.  I was aware that the study was not from a Catholic Read more…

  There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” Read more…

A few days ago, a friend of mine was talking about work and she asked me, “When someone is gone, do we miss them or do you miss them?  I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say, wow, I’m so Read more…