You don’t earn heaven on earth—and you don’t earn it in purgatory either.

The saints do not change God’s mind, but they do give us some insight into the mystery of God.

Pets can't replace the human, but they do love us without the taint of sin.

Pride may well be the first deadly sin to arrive and the last to leave.

Why does God ask us to offer so many unrequited prayers?

In the 'Lord of the Flies,' the one who slanders and scatters, isn’t out there, in the dark, he's within them.

We don’t give the church its mission. Christ does.

Joy in the next life depends upon justice in this one.

The best things in life really are free.

We stayed there through the night, waiting for reports from “the great out there.”