Anything worth doing requires risk. When Fathers Joseph Machebeuf and John Raverdy set out in 1860 for Colorado from Santa Fe, New Mexico...

Seven years ago, I was having the worst thoughts about the one I was supposed to love the most, Matt. We were headed for a weekend away...

“Wolf Hall,” the BBC adaptation of Hillary Mantel’s novel about early Tudor England, began airing on PBS ’s “Masterpiece Theater” Easter...

When Christ rose from the dead and appeared to the disciples in his glorified body, he still had his wounds. In John’s Gospel we hear...

In the first reading for Monday, April 13, we hear that just after Peter and John were freed from jail, they prayed for deliverance from...

The first public trip St. John Paul II made outside of Rome after being shot in May 1981 was to the Shrine of Merciful Love in...

“Forever and ever and ever,” St. Teresa of Avila and her brother used to repeat to each other when they were little. For them, the saying...

The World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia this September should be more than a vast Catholic “gathering of the clans” around Pope...

Once a year we are supposed to see the doctor for a physical. He does some tests, draws some blood, and offers some advice on staying or...

Marriages are usually not ruined overnight. One or the other usually does not wake up one morning and say, “I am miserable in this...

The Church will celebrate the solemnity of St. Joseph , the second greatest saint after Mary, on March 19 and that has me thinking about...

“Conversation with God from the depths of the heart”—this is how the newest doctor of the Church, St. Gregory of Narek, began every one...

During Lent we pray, fast and give alms to help us focus on the mercy and love of the Father and to weaken our attachment to sin so that...

If we allow Christ into our hearts through prayer, fasting and almsgiving, Lent can be a time of conversion and renewal that breaks us of...

This past Sunday, I had the blessing of speaking to 100 natural family planning teachers about St. John Paul II’s theology of the body,...

Many years ago when I was in the business world, I often got together with another gentleman whom I looked up to greatly, as he was the...

On Tuesday, January 27 lawmakers took the first step toward legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Colorado when they introduced House...

Every January we remember the anniversary of the tragic Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, which has allowed the legal killing of some...

The need for peace in every corner of the world has been weighing upon my heart following the terrorist attacks in Paris and the mass...

Now that we all have lost five pounds since implementing better eating and a new workout routine, and started a new budget for the year...