If you try to “keep your faith” in college, you’ll likely fail. “Keeping your faith” is a defensive position in a game of stamina with the odds stacked against you. It’s like holding water in cupped hands and trying desperately not to
We need better images. It has become increasingly obvious that we are starved for trustworthy and reliable images of manhood in our present age. The unreliability of the current popular images of “man” are likely related to the deteriorating image of “fatherhood”
Theologian Leonard J. DeLorenzo argues that teaching kids to believe in Santa Claus shapes their imaginations in ways contrary to the fullness of the Catholic Faith. He gives three reasons: The Santa myth echoes an unhealthy image of God, promoting “moralistic therapeutic
Christmas often brings together those who, in some way, were separated. God and man are brought together. Within the same household, those who practice their faith and those who do not find themselves mingling. So, too, at Christmas liturgy, are regular Massgoers