FGG-126 The Gnat and the Camel

Do you sometimes feel that Catholics and Christians get hung up in minutia; that we have become the modern day Pharisees that Jesus admonished?  Often, we are so busy being …

Humility, the Lost Virtue

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less.”  –C.S. Lewis What ever happened to humility?  Once valued in our culture, humility just isn’t practiced at …

Old Wineskins

“Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. Rather, new …

FGG-120 The Power of Hope

Faith, Hope and Love are the three theological virtues by which we participate in the divine nature of God. But hope is the least understood of these virtues.  Hope is …

FGG-119 Wonderfully Flawed

A child is born and we look into the bassinet and we say, “she’s perfect!” Ten fingers and ten toes, seven pounds of pure joy, wonderfully made through the miracle …