by Fr. Jim Chern
It can be hard to keep track of how many initiatives are promoted, especially this time of year, for people to engage in some form of self-improvement. No doubt it’s an outgrowth of people’s making…
It’s rare that one specific event would have spiritual, political, and historic implications - but then again, St. Pope John Paul II was indeed a rare, immensely Christ-centered, charismatic, and brilliant leader. The year was…
At an orientation session for New Students starting their college careers, one of the presenters was able to kind of snap every individual in that vast auditorium of several hundred freshmen from their starting to…
One of (the many) challenges that social media presents is it’s so easy to get drawn into debates that ultimately are pointless, counter-productive, and often result in people being far less “social” with one another…
DAY 322: Acts 1; Romans 1; Proverbs 26: 24-26 THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Today we begin the “final” period of our Bible in a Year Journey which the Great Adventure Bible Timeline lists as “the…
DAY 313: LUKE 1 -2 ; Proverbs 26: 24-26 MESSIANIC FULFILLMENT For each of our respites from Old Testament studies throughout the last 313 days, we’ve had what was called Messianic Checkpoints. For the bulk…
DAY 282: 1 Maccabees 1; Sirach 1-3; Proverbs 21: 29-31 LAST STOP BEFORE THE NEW TESTAMENT Today we enter the final period of the Old Testament: “Maccabean Revolt.” This is about 150 years before Christ…
DAY 267: Ezra 1 & 2; Haggai 1 & 2; Proverbs 20: 1-3 RETURN Today we jump back into the Old Testament with a new time period called “The Return.” The title itself sounds hopeful.…
DAY 258: Matthew 1-4; Proverbs 18: 17-20 FULFILLED Don’t know how everyone else feels, but to me, these Messianic Checkpoints come at the perfect time! Nothing against Jeremiah, our (understandably) weepy prophet - but 52…
If Catholics ever needed a good reason to explain why the saints – especially two of the most pre-eminent ones, Mary and Joseph – are so important to us, this Feast of the Holy Family…