In preparation for the feast of the secondary patron of the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama

The virtue of self-restraint

Our Catholic faith has a tremendous body of teaching, rooted in the Scriptures and in the Apostolic witness.

The mother of Constantine the Great had humble beginnings, but rose to great importance in Christian history.

When I was in seminary, campus ministry was never something I thought I would be called to participate in.

Ask the Lord to show you the logs in your life and, if you’re tempted to focus on someone else’s speck, just give them to Jesus instead.

Everyone handles their challenges in different ways.

You can tell a lot about someone by examining what or who they celebrate.

Becoming, as author Matthew Kelly says, the “best version of our self” is to follow God’s plan.

The saint behind saints, John of Ávila is the little-known influence behind Spanish mystics such as Teresa of Ávila.

“God wants me to be a saint!” This is the universal vocation.

I was overwhelmed when our real estate agent informed us that our offer on the new home had been accepted!

One of my dear friends died. She was a daily communicant and a faithful member of her Church.

The GDC indicates that adults “have a right and a duty to bring to maturity the seed of faith sown in them by God.”

Especially with young children, hands-on charitable work can be daunting, but not impossible.

God wants to speak to us – all we need is to pause and listen.

The Catholic faith is rich with tradition which culminates in a Mass known as the Easter Vigil.

It seems to me that it is one of my more serious faults. What do I do?

Think you don’t have time to pray? Think again!

As a priest, I sometimes receive requests to visit a person who wants “last rites.”

Benedetta died on March 21, 1858, but her example of courage and fidelity to God’s will live on.

Its roots are in the Ten Commandments, which are an example of divine law.

Truly following Jesus has always included care of the sick and the suffering.

Holiness represents the culmination of little daily decisions, actions, virtues and surrenders.

Visiting the imprisoned might seem, at first glance, a work of mercy that’s out of reach for most families.