Dealing With A Father’s Abuse
I am the youngest in a large family. Many of my siblings suffered physical or verbal abuse from our father when we were growing up. Although he has abused our mother verbally and continues to do so, she has stayed ...
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Did the Church Make Up Purgatory?
My middle-aged daughter recently told me that there is no purgatory, that the Catholic Church made that up.
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Where Should the Tabernacle Go?
Most members of our large Catholic community have been trying to rescue Our Lord from a tabernacle on a side altar. Some churches have kept the tabernacle where it belongs: in the center of the main altar.
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Did Jesus Have Siblings?
If St. James is Jesus’ brother, would James not also be God’s son? Were Mary and Joseph the parents of James?
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Faith and Family for May 17: The Advocate
READ JN 14:15-21 Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom ...
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A Celebration of St. Monica
Educated by a household servant, Monica cared for her father and siblings until she married Patricius, a pagan landowner and minor Roman official of the same town.
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