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Much could be said about our 3 day anniversary feast: thoughtful reflection upon each decade of DSM, longstanding co-ministers who...

We approach our fortieth anniversary bash this week; I am grateful, full of peace and praise for Jesus. In charting the breakthroughs and...

I write this on the Feast Day of Jesus’ Sacred Heart: His generous love for each human being revealed in His pierced heart pouring out...

By Marco Casanova “You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it” (Mt...

‘The dignity of every woman is the responsibility of every man.’ St. John Paul 11, Theology of the Body The test of my love lies in...

‘I pray that you would know…His incomparably great power toward those who believe’ (Eph. 1: 18, 19). Not a big surprise that sexual...

One strange (if inconsequential) impact of Covid-19 are ‘virtual’ running races. We who have preregistered for, say, half-marathons, are...

Let’s start with confession: I find virtual Masses unsatisfying. They provoke hunger without consummation. Fill my little screen with big...

A renowned director despises vast landscapes in his movies: ‘Humanity reveals itself only in cramped quarters’, he mused. Apply that to...

‘Many are awed by His miracles; few accept the shame of His Cross.’ Thomas a Kempis From the beginning of His adult ministry, Jesus set...

by Marco Casanova “Each generation is converted by the saint who contradicts it most.” GK Chesterton Shifting the atmosphere involves...

A Lent unlike any other: rather than beef up devotion, I find myself reducing spiritual intake. Much of the time I find myself gaping at...

Marco Casanova and Andrew Comiskey Best way to prevent moral collapse of pastors? Train them to grow in robust chastity. It must be...

My dreams reveal one frustrated guy. I wake up half-smiling at the heart’s antics: I can’t get out of the room or parking lot, no exit,...

Kansas City. Cowtown? Coastal flyover zone? C’mon. We are the champions. As a focused Kingdom-minded guy, I am not that partial to...

I kid you not. After 40 years of leading Living Waters groups, I just finished the best one ever. These twenty weeks rolled out like a...

‘Each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked.’ (Neh.4:18) Fighting for wholeness is at once a personal and corporate...

‘You are the truth presiding over all things. But in my greed, I was unwilling to lose You, and wanted to have You at the same time as...

Since becoming Catholic, I’m more aware than ever of the ignorant, prejudicial attitudes that pervade both sides of our divided Church....

It can be tough to burn with hope for some LGBT+ persons; allergic to chastity, alive to sensational new ‘sexualities’, they frame us as...