Saint John Damascene's definition of prayer is well known.

Of course there are cases when the suffering other people cause us is due to a real fault on their part. 

Playing the Devil's game is dangerous.

We just happen to be Catholics, right? Does it make any difference what we are? Does being Catholic really, ultimately, mean much of anything?

The divine knowledge of a soul is always a merciful knowledge. 

I've been thinking a lot about Hell lately.

Derek Chauvin is the name of the Minneapolis cop who drove his knee into the prone George Floyd's neck, caught on video.

"Mother, I will not let you do this!  You're still too young to throw your life away!"

Life and every daily action come from a heart that has been healed and renewed.

There is an astonishing amount of bullying going on right now — in academia and elsewhere.