As we draw towards the end of the Christmas season and begin a new year, our minds may be busy with reflecting on what we are thankful for this past year, or simply relieved from the pressing thoughts of buying gifts and finishing Christmas cards. Although doing...
I still remember listening to an interview as I was driving to work; the interview was happening as a scientist literally “created” human embryos. Just months after a Chinese scientist had performed gene editing on the embryos of twin girls in China, which were then...
For adults and older adults, the recommended exercise goal per week is 150 minutes. This can seem daunting. A lot of times, people will say they do not have asked time to exercise, but there is a great tool that can help you meet your goals. This is available...
One of the hottest topics of December 2020 has been the approval and the initial distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. While there have been some who have gotten so tired of the different measures employed to help protect the population from encountering COVID-19, such...
"O great mystery, and wondrous sacrament, that animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in their manger! Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia!" Let us allow ourselves to be enveloped in the reality of this mystery! The...
As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, the promise of upcoming vaccines is front and center in the media. Yet, with so much information from varied sources available it can be confusing to sort through the vaccines in development, their safety, efficacy and their...
The transforming power of the gaze of Jesus...Love's Vision This Christmas, I offer this reflection taken from a book written by Archbishop Luiz Martinez called Only Jesus. The first chapter of the book is called Love’s Vision. Let yourself be immersed in the...
Read this fascinating article about the research that lead to how messenger RNA (mRNA) was developed and then employed by Derrick Rossi to change adult stem cells to act like pluripotent embryonic cells. This is some of the research and development that has led to...
During Advent and Christmastide, which continues until the Baptism of the Lord, the Liturgy of the Church is rich with some of the most powerful readings of the year regarding the Incarnation, the plan of God to save man. For example, Pope St. Leo the Great writes a...
O come, Thou Wisdom from on high, Who orderest all things mightily; To us the path of knowledge show, And teach us in her ways to go. As we spoke of in the previous post, the cry of the ages was for a Redeemer to come and save us. The book of Sirach Chapter 24...