Living Catholicism

Each month, you’ll find this column in Today’s Catholic newspaper.  You’ll also find each month’s contribution here after publication, to share with your friends.  Enjoy!

Unique & United: Church’s Diversity Testifies to Truth

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Did you know there are various expressions of the Catholic faith, both inside & outside Roman Catholicism? Learn about it in our monthly column.

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Love or hate?

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As human beings, we have a real capacity to hurt one another very deeply. Sometimes the things we experience can change the course of our lives and have a profound effect on how we see our self and others. There is no excuse for the terrible things that people do to each other, but no […]

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Mercy – Love’s Second Name

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This Living Catholicism column was written for Today’s Catholic (4-26-19), the newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Antonio: Divine Mercy Sunday is now either before us or just passed. This is the perfect time to dwell on God’s love and mercy so we might all yearn for it, be restored by it, and be more grateful […]

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Mindfulness in Living Catholicism

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What are we Catholics to do when someone suggests we practice Mindfulness? You see this word a lot lately, even Time Magazine recently had a whole issue dedicated to Mindfulness as a path to happiness. Mindfulness is defined as a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and […]

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Spiritual Six Pack

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  Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do. – Pope John XXIII Spiritually-speaking, this is the mindset we all should have […]

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