As long as we live in the world our life is a constant struggle between love for Christ or giving into lukewarmness, to our passions, or to comfort-seeking, which destroys love. Faithfulness to Christ is forged each day by...
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I have had numerous conversations over the years with other Catholic dads about the challenges of...
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“It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.” (Pope St....
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Some years ago a priest shared some guidance with my wife and me that has been the ongoing cause...
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I don’t know about you, but I rarely get through the day without feeling beaten up a little by the...
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As the father of a 23-year-old son with high-functioning autism, I am sometimes challenged to give...
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“The Holy Family with dog” (detail) by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo [Public domain], via...
Read MoreStained glass window at the Melkite Catholic Annunciation Cathedral in Roslindale depicting Christ the King with the regalia of a Byzantine emperor. (January 2009 photo by John Stephen Dwyer [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia...
Read MoreTwo weeks ago I had the joy to preach the annual five-day retreat for Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where 25 years ago this year I began my formation for the priesthood. It was an opportunity to express my...
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It is a gross understatement to say that we live in trying times. The Church and religious...
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“I was very grateful in that moment to realize my dad never missed an opportunity to share...
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Last Saturday, Pope Francis welcomed to the Vatican leaders of the Italian pro-life movement the...
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