Have a Merry Christmas!

We love our readers and are grateful that you continue to read this blog. There won't be much posting over the next few weeks as we enjo...

What Would Happen If You Died Right Now?

Book Review - A Grace Given

A Grace Given: A Father’s Love for a Dying Child A Book Review by Kristine Cranley “ In the years that we have lived with Elie’s terminal il...

Top 10 Pro-Life Quotes

Yes, this is completely subjective and in no particular order. Please add others in the comments. Top 10 Pro-Life Quotes: "It is a pove...

Fr. Barron Reviews "The Hobbit" Movie

WARNING - SPOILERS!

Porn & Support For Same-Sex Marriage

An interesting article on the correlation, in men, of frequency of using porn and support for same-sex marriage. A snip: But of the men who...

Fr. Barron on The Tragedy at Newtown

Advent at Ephesus CD - Review

Good sacred music can lift the mind and heart to God. Yet, all of us have our own musical styles we lean toward, even when it comes to litur...

Fear Not - Christ Is Coming!

The best moment of any animated Christmas special is by far when Linus delivers his reason for Christmas message. We should remember that Li...

What Jesus & Santa Have In Common

Need a Christmas Smile?

Archbishop Chaput: Advent, Suffering, and Joy

A wonderful reflection from Archbishop Chaput, of Philadelphia: Scripture is a love story, the story of God’s love for humanity. But it’s ...

Turning Tragedy Into Politics

Rahm Emmanuel is currently the mayor of Chicago and previously was White House Chief of Staff. In 2008, he said: " Never let a serious ...

The Broken Places

Some great thoughts by Tom McDonald at God and The Machine : There is a darkness in the world. It’s always been there, since we made our fir...

How To Win The Culture War

Peter Kreeft has some great advice while speaking at Steubenville.

How to Talk To Your Kids About Tragedy

These are great tips from a Counselor. I would also add to this list praying with your children and comforting them with affection. Tragedy...

Why Does God Allow Suffering?

One of the most common questions asked is about the seeming contradiction between God's goodness and human suffering. Why would God allo...

Minor Revisions - An Aggie Catholic's Reality TV Show

Jen Fulwiler is an atheist-to-Catholic convert who is also an Aggie. She came to A&M as a Freshman, but transferred out before graduatio...

An Advent Tradition

An Advent Tradition by Kristine Cranley Advent is a time of expectant waiting. It is a time of asking the Lord to prepare our hearts to rec...

Tears of Joy. Tears of Pain. Tears of Blessing.

What Are You Searching For?

What are you searching for? intimacy? love? meaning? acceptance? pleasure happiness? Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU) made this video. While ...

Peter Kreeft - The Problem of Evil and Suffering

Related Posts: ** Evil and Suffering ** Why Does God Allow Suffering? ** Where Are You God? ** Evil...Once Again ** How God Uses Our Sufferi...

Why Do We Have Original Sin?

Q - If Jesus died for our sins, then why didn't original sin go as well? Why is it that we have to be cleansed of that particular sin by...

12 Things Everyone Needs To Know About The Catholic Church

12 Things Everyone Needs To Know About The Catholic Church The Church isn't rich and selling off her "riches" isn't going ...

The Christmas Scale

The lesson at the end of this video is wonderful.

A Christmas Break Rule of Life

The primary authors of this are the sisters we have here at St. Mary's - the Apostles of the Interior Life . They wrote this originally ...

Scott Hahn - Mary is Christ's Masterpiece

What is The Immaculate Conception?

Q - Can you tell me what exactly the dogma of the Immaculate Conception does and does not teach for us? A -  Thanks for the question!  The d...

Do You Really NEED Another Gift?

Some great thoughts on Christmas from a former member of our staff, Julia Motekaitis: The other day, I was kindly asked what my children wo...

Killing The Least Among Us - An Amazing Story

Servant of God, Jérôme Lejeune, was one of the greatest scientists of the 20th Century. He discovered Trisomy 21, the cause of Down Syndrome...

Jolly Old St. Nick Punches Heretics In The Face. Seriously.

Happy St. Nicholas Day! (AKA - punch a heretic in the face day!) Most of us think of St. Nicholas as a plump happy old man who comes down a ...

Is Telling a Child About Santa Claus Lying?

Q -Can we ethically teach our children to believe in Santa Claus? This seems like a lie and I don't know how you could justify it. I w...

10 Problems With Jesus

10 Problems With Jesus 10 - He isn't what you expect him to be. Jesus shatters all expectations of what the Messiah is "supposed...

Prayers for Finals

Remember - as long as there are tests, there will be prayer in schools. Here are some prayers for students who have finals coming up.  St. T...

Scott Hahn - Christmas Comes Early!

Advent and the Drumbeat of War

When we view a nativity scene, we generally think of a baby born to a virgin in a manger. We think of peaceful animals, a humble St. Joseph,...

10 Things The Pope Should Tweet

The Pope is now on Twitter. You can follow him @Pontifex - (but don't forget to follow Aggie Catholics and if you want to follow me y...

Top 10 Christmas Carols

Let the debate begin! Below is my subjective list of favorites, with videos of good to great renditions of each. I have also included my fav...