Aflame for Christ

We all want to fit in, go with the flow, be part of the "in" crowd. But what happens when peer pressure goes against truth or love? Saints throughout the centuries were unafraid to proclaim the truth of Christ, regardless of social consequences. We'd like to think we would too, but modern society gives us an important litmus test: will we stand up for Christ's countercultural...

Christ specifically chose ordinary, washed-up, has-been men to become His Apostles, so that the glory goes to God and not to them. Likewise, He has chosen you and me despite our unworthiness or ordinariness, to bring about His Kingdom, to make Him manifest in our holiness, and to bring our souls to Heaven. But how are we to live out this epic mission? We look first to our voc...

The Evil One has always tried to destroy the Eucharist. In times past, it involved the closing of churches or laws forbidding Mass. But he is wiser now, and uses the distraction of Sunday sports and activities to separate good Catholics from the sacramental graces of the Eucharist. It is time to push back on the sports leagues and stand up for our right to prioritize Jesus Ch...

We call God "Father" because He fulfills the roles of a Father: to protect, to provide, and to lead. Those who have not had good earthly fathers can look to God to provide the Father they lack; and men are called to make present the love of the Heavenly Father to the spiritual or physical children they beget!

Much of the Christian life is waiting in eager expectation, because many of Christ's promises are not fully revealed yet. The promise to hear our prayers, the promise to make us holy, the promise of His final triumph are ongoing prophesies that unfold in our lives. So we must wait in hope, as the Apostles eagerly expected - and soon saw - the coming of the Holy Spirit in ways...