In the past few years, it has been very trendy to view secular movies from a Catholic perspective. While this is a great and worthy task, The Hobbit gives us the opportunity this week or month or year (whenever you decide to watch the movie) to view a Catholic work from a Catholic perspective!

The following article contains excerpts from an interview by Kevin Cotter with Curtis Martin regarding the Synod for the New Evangelization.

J.crew told me I had the cheek bones and legs to be a model for them, but would have to lose 20 pounds in order to do so.

WHAT?! THAT’S CRAZY!!

Thanks, but no thanks!

Let’s just jump right in here. Three things I wish college students knew about marriage...

In life, it seems like a beer goes great with everything. Football, yes. Basketball, yep. Pizza, sure. Hamburger, absolutely. Pool side, of course. After a hard day of work, duh. What a tremendous gift – beer. Just a few days ago, I was about to sit with my wife and pray and thought, “maybe I’ll have a beer with that.”

The credibility of Jesus Christ is central to the Christian faith. If he is credible then we can trust what he said about God—including, for example, that God is a Trinity of three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It all comes down to the credibility of Jesus.

“A bad night at a bad inn. That’s how St. Teresa is said to have described this earthly life. It’s a good comparison, isn’t it?” St. Jose Maria Escriva

This is how St. Teresa of Avila described our world…filled with its struggle, pain, setback, and misery.

Christmas is coming, which means Advent is coming, which means Black Friday is coming, which means you are thinking about buying Christmas presents. But you don’t want to pick up some cheesy pre-packaged gift pack from Walget. No, you want something unique and meaningful.