The Friar

For me the hardest temptation to resist is to believe in the spiritual life everything is up to me. I…

I imagine the most terrifying moment in the life of new parents is when they first take their son or…

Early in my life as a priest my focus in prayer was on action. What could I do? What plan…

We cannot commit to following God and to not following God. Yet, sin is addictive. Despite our best efforts to…

One of the most challenging aspects of Christian life is the problem of evil. In fact, Saint Thomas Aquinas called…

Believing in Jesus requires a great deal of humility. Why? Because nothing we do causes us to earn salvation. The…

The Pharisees knew the letter of the Law. When they complain about the law not being followed, they are often…

The gospel is the constant challenge of recognizing that our external actions must be guided always by our internal conversion,…

There was a big "gasp" this past week when Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all went down for a few hours.…

Non-Catholics (and even some Catholics) are not exactly accurate when they speak about prayer and the saints. You may often…