Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits.” Mk. 6:7 In one of her most edifying poems, Mary ...
Anxiety Disorders
“Toxic worry is a disease of the imagination.” Edward Hallowell, MD Generalized Anxiety Disorder: a free floating worry with no distinct object; characterized by a continual feeling of anticipated disaster ...
Anxiety – If You Were Not Afraid
“What would your life be like if you were not afraid?” Recently, I was reading in a magazine that when you walk into the building that houses Facebook, the very ...
The Book of Revelation
THE BOOK OF REVELATION: WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT? A Tale of Two Cities Recently, a brother of mine who is a serious student of history, asked me this question ...
The Book of Genesis
In the year 587 B.C., the Jewish people were conquered by the Babylonians and taken into captivity. They would remain in Babylonia for 48 years as slaves in a foreign ...
The Major Reforms of Vatican Council II
Ted Wolgamot, Psy.D. Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium) Previous to the Council, the faithful took an active part in an array of devotions outside of the liturgy ...