You can learn a lot from fairy tales. But first you have to know whether you’re living in one. In Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” all the king’s subjects go along with the consensus view that their monarch has a beautiful new
Dr. Tim Flanigan reflects on experiences treating AIDS and Ebola patients. Dr. Timothy Flanigan works in a field that brings him so close to human suffering that, as he puts it, it’s “cheek to jowl.” As a Brown Medical School professor with a specialty in
I stood on a cold, frosty afternoon looking out the window at my daughter playing in the snow. She was bedecked head to toe with winter gear to protect her from the bitter wind, a wind she hardly noticed. Her fuchsia snow pants insulated her
Detective Steven McDonald, the New York City police officer who was paralysed after being shot in the line of duty and famously forgave his teenage assailant, has died. He was 59 years of age when he passed away on Tuesday. A New York police spokesman
The amazing story of a miracle brought by faith At a time when darkness envelops the world and the stench of the devil’s presence permeates nearly every walk of life, Our Blessed Lord makes His presence and Divine Love known to those who cry out
One of the greatest and most painful of mysteries is the problem of suffering and the broader problem of evil in the world. I was meditating with my Sunday School parents this past weekend on the Old Testament Patriarch Joseph. That story is rich with
Andrew Garfield on the Ignatian journey that led him through ‘Silence.’ People make the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola for a variety of reasons. Preparing to play a featured role in a Martin Scorsese film is not one you hear often, but it’s probably
Nicolas Diat: What connection do you make between silence and the sacred? Cardinal Robert Sarah: The idea of the sacred is particularly misused in the West. In countries that want to be secular – separated from religion and God – there is no longer a link to
As a self-described melancholic temperament, I am not a naturally joyful person. In fact, I’ve struggled with discovering joy my entire life, mostly because I battle negative thinking and impossibly high expectations (which are never met, of course). Life always has a way of disappointing, or
The Reverend Canon Giles Fraser, columnist over at the Guardian, has an interesting article in which he compares Judaism with western Christianity, and avers that the former brings religion into the home more than the latter. Reading it, you might ask yourself the same question I did,
Praying the Rosary
Familiarize yourself with the prayers of the rosary.
