The winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. The day is a sleep, but it will awake. Being asleep is not the same as being dead. Dead is a permanent reality. Asleep we are to return from. Journey with Mary to meet Elizabeth, the graces that are in wait that are...

Over the past few years there has been a rise in what is called “sympathetic villians”, which is where common and well known antagonists are taken and given human back stories and issues that make them seem as just misunderstood heroes. The problem with this method is...

When I was in my senior year of high school, I decided to do something and that was set things straight with people I had anything against. A friend named Jared I’ll just leave it at that. I called him. When I heard his voice for the first time in about 5 years, I...

With Thanksgiving barely in our rearview mirror, we have begun the barrage of Christmas cheer. One of the time honored Christmas movies is Christmas Carol. Ebenesor Scrooge visited by the ghost of Christmas past, present and future. The past shows him the good he had...

Christ the King Sunday Year B In the game of chess, the king piece sometimes can be seen as the pieces with the least tactics. However, it is the one piece that cannot be captured. Either you are in check or check mate. The entire strategy of the game hinges on his...

Alfred Nobel was a famed scientist who had dedicated much of his life to the study chemistry and language. He helped to develop dynamite, nitroglserine and other chemicals that helped in various chemical reactions. His brother Ludwig Nobel had died and the news papers...

               When I was a kid I remember my pastor telling a story of a mountain climber who fell but last minute was caught by the rope. Dangling there during a terrible blizzard, he prayed to...

I remember as a kid my family would have some parties at the house and every so often my family would want to offer me some of their adult drink, just a sip of course. I couldn’t even swallow it, it tasted so bad. It was an acquired taste. Heaven is an acquired taste....

The elusive sword in the stone has captured the hearts of knights and children alike. But it’s not all fictional and sometimes fact is more surprising than fiction. It actually traces itself back to a knight named “Galgano” who, having St. Michael appeared to him on...

“Whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all.” Legend of King Cepheus and Cassiopeia, punished by his country being destroyed. Sacrificed his daughter. We are facing now a grim world of...