The Catholic Writers Guild

“Jesus said “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. He senthis slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not come.’” (Matthew 22:2-3) Recently we were invited to my niece’s wedding.  We […]

Faith is not a gift. Faith is something for which you MUSTASK. Life is the gift. Why? Because itinitially cannot be asked for; it must simply be lived until you can ask foryour needs! And the newborn comes out asking, usually quite loudly!Somewhere along the life line EGO advances so […]

I grew up thinking that if I treated people with all kinds of kindness, that is what I’d get in return.  I was taught that by the sisters of Consolata Missionaries.  But in the real world of childhood,  I learned it wasn’t the truth. Children can be incredibly cruel and […]

“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” – Genesis 50:20. For a long while, when somebody who has fallen away from Christianity makes the argument that God is a violent god, and listed all […]

More specifically “Where does an artist get their inspiration to paint?” It is long after Christmas, and the 8th Sunday after Easter just past, but my Christmas Infant is still on the living room dresser. He’s in the middle of my Easter story display, complete with an apple, a tree, […]