Catholic Church

By Fr. Mike Schmitz, Ascension Presents, Nov 15, 2017 Death, judgment, heaven, and hell—the four last things—are popular enough topics among Christians; but there’s more to these things […]

By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., CERC - Over the years I've heard from many good people who want a closer relationship with God.  But they're stymied by what they perceive as God's silence.  What they often mean, without knowing it, is that they'd like God to do something dramatic in their lives; something with a hint of Mt. Sinai that proves his credentials.

Edward P. Sri, CERC - Without temperance, we tend to become grumpy, angry, or short with others because our desire for pleasure is not being fulfilled. Without temperance, we become slaves to our appetites and find ourselves easily distracted from the good we should be doing… A lack of temperance also makes us selfish, by putting our own desire for pleasure over the good of others