J.R.R. Tolkien wrote, "​“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” How do we encounter that which is fair, what is beautiful, with our hearts?

Saint Basil says that “Painters with their pictures achieve for the cause of religion that which preachers accomplish with their eloquence.”

1 Peter 3:15 calls us to "always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence; and keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are abused, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame." That's a tall order. How do we go about doing this?

Just as the physical heart is the main organ of human life and the center of hidden “emotional-intellectual-moral activity”, the Sacred Heart of Jesus is the seat of all virtues, the source of all blessings, the place of refuge for all souls

"My heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with Me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort Me, and I found none." (Psalm 69:20)

Mormon missionaries knock on the door . . .what do you do?

​​In a culture that chases power and pleasure, a culture that embraces relativism, just how are students supposed to stay Catholic during college?

Let's talk about a permanent, indestructible sign left by Mary showing the proof of the Gospel.

If you go to Siena, you can see the head of Saint Catherine. In Rome, you can visit the foot of Mary Magdalene in a church. What is going on here?

In the battle for our souls between the Devil and God, there are no innocent civilian bystanders. ​