The Friar

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…

Sometimes it can be hard to believe that God loves us. Maybe it is because of past sins in our…

Subscribe. If I learned anything in the last few months, it was that the best laid plans I set up…

We were made for relationship. The immediate and powerful love of parents for their children is testimony to Adam's statement…

How often do we wish we had been alive at the time of Jesus? Yet the reality is that we…