Fulton J. Sheen, in his Life of Christ, says this about Peter when he refuses to have his feet washed by Jesus: “The Divine Master did not impart knowledge to Peter, and then ask him to submit. He asked him…

In Fulton J. Sheen’s magnificent work Life of Christ, he compares the attitude of Peter to that of Judas following their denials of Jesus at the beginning of His Passion: “Peter was now filled with repentance, as Judas in a…

“One of the Pharisees invited him to a meal; so he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at table. And there was then a sinful woman in the city, who, hearing that he was at table in…

“You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” — St. Augustine of Hippo These words of the great saint call to mind the very word of God, as revealed to us through…

If there was one thing I was sure to botch earlier in my spiritual journey, it was the manner in which I  gave something up for Lent. I would always give up something I really loved, such as cheese —…