Bishop Sheen Rosaries

The Epic Battle of Our Souls

The Epic Battle of Our Souls

May we not forget that our small struggles and offerings are infinitely glorious in the realms of Heaven, and that we serve the most benevolent and honorable King.

"Verso l’alto" - To the Heights (In Prayer)

"Verso l’alto" - To the Heights (In Prayer)

Something I didn’t know about Adam when I married him is how much he loves hiking. His family spent lots of time hiking on vacations while he was growing up, while my family was more of a hang-by-the-pool kind of family. So when we were on our belated Honeymoon in Lake Tahoe a few weeks ago, he had the expectation to do lots of long treks up mountain sides including scrambling up rock faces to spectacular views (and rightly so! Lake Tahoe is probably one of the best places in the country for hiking). My expectations were more of...


Faith and Hope in 12 Words Each

Faith and Hope in 12 Words Each

The theological virtues of Faith and Hope take a split second, not hours, days or years.  This is not as to say these virtues are "easy" but rather that they are simple.  

True and False Liberty

True and False Liberty

The following is the second part of a series based on Fulton Sheen’s book, Freedom Under God.

 

Does freedom exist? Why do we argue about this anyways? Can we really know anything? Is this all a simulation? Questions like these feed the Candy Crush addiction, because questions like these push us towards easier distractions. Yet it remains important because, as a wise man once said, “if you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else.”[1] Unfortunately, this “someplace else” can be awful when led by false liberty; but true liberty remains always available to us.

 

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Our Tainted Nature’s Solitary Boast

Our Tainted Nature’s Solitary Boast

 

This pleasant descriptor of Mary used as the title for this article comes from an 1822 poem by William Wordsworth. Wordsworth, however, was a Protestant, but like Martin Luther, he had a profound love for Our Lady. This is a common thread that can be seen outside Catholicism – even Muslims revere Mary as the model woman. Staunch atheists may go on the worst of tirades against Christ, but when the name of Mary is brought up the heart softens. Why is this?

 

Preserved from the taint of original sin, Mary was pure from the beginning; something most Catholics...