By Fr. Ernest Daly, LC on July 20, 2010
Bottom line: It’s totally cool how so many people unite to defend the heroine, Bella. Positive value: Risking your life to protect the person you love. Romantic and scary, the Twightlight series continues. I like the fact that Edward and Jacob sacrifice so much to try to protect Bella and make her happy. Bella’s desire [...]
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By Our Faith In Action® on April 16, 2010
Oakland Athletics minor league prospect Grant Desme was on fire in 2009. But with his chances of being a major league player now as real and close as the smell of his leather glove, Grant Desme shocked the baseball world…
Posted in All Lessons, Sports | Tagged baseball, calling, choice, christ, Church, discernment, featured, Featured Stories, grant desme, major league, oakland athletics, priest, religious, Sports, vocation |
By Our Faith In Action® on February 16, 2010
This February 12th Taylor Swift was featured in a movie about love and relationships, called “Valentine’s Day”. One thing that is undeniable about Taylor Swift is that she loves her music. She also loves the experience of love. Her love for music and her love for romance comes through in every song she sings.
Posted in All Lessons, Movies, Music | Tagged chastity, courage, featured, Featured Stories, hope, jobros, jonas, marriage, modesty, Movie, Movies, passion, purity, taylor swift |
By Susan Joy Bellavance on November 17, 2009
The X-Games™ have always been the place where over-the-edge athletes throw down adrenaline-pumping stunts that blow the minds of spectators. But a few of these dare-devils have been raising an uncomfortable stir…
Posted in All Lessons, Sports | Tagged accident, bike, Brian Deegan, christ, Church, courage, crash, cross, death, dirtbike, extreme, featured, Featured Stories, motocross, mulisha, rebel, Sports, stunts, suffering, X-Games, x-treme, xgames, xtreme |
By Susan Joy Bellavance on September 24, 2009
Tabloid socialite and TV personality Kourtney Kardashian recently made a decision that shocked Hollywood and rocked the reality TV world. The pop media is still in a frenzy over the news.
Posted in All Lessons, Fashion, Issues, Politics | Tagged Abortion, chastity, choice, courage, decision, featured, Featured Stories, Kourtney Kardashian, Life, marriage, Politics, post abortive stress, prolife, purity, Reality shows, Reality TV, Scott Disick |
By David Pearson on July 10, 2009
It was an exciting moment. Carrie Prejean’s turn had arrived to answer a question from a judge during the final round of the Miss USA pageant. When the question came, Carrie’s stomach turned…
Posted in All Lessons, Fashion, Issues, Politics | Tagged beauty pageant, carrie prejean, chastity, college, courage, Fashion, featured, Featured Stories, gay marriage, love, marriage, miss california, miss usa, modesty, pageant, passion, Politics, traditional marriage |
By Kimberly Baker on May 18, 2009
When the news broke last month that the captain of an American cargo ship had been captured by pirates, it is likely that many people didn’t realize how dangerous and terrifying that really was.
Posted in All Lessons, Horror, Issues, Politics | Tagged christ, Church, courage, cross, featured, Featured Stories, good friday, hope, Life, Movie, Movies, Politics, suffering, tragedy, war |
By Genevieve Yep-Pollack on April 5, 2006
A doubt can be powerful. The devil used it against Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. He tried to make them doubt that God loved them. It worked. We’re paying for it. The Da Vinci Code, written by Dan Brown, may not be as smart a hoax as the devil’s lie in the garden, but it has confused many people.
Posted in All Lessons, Horror, Movies | Tagged Actor, christ, Church, Dan Brown, DaVinci, featured, Featured Stories, History, hope, Movie, Movies, Pope |
By Alex Kubik on January 7, 2004
Some people show true heroism by their actions; others are heroic simply by their attitude. This is the story of Bethany Hamilton, a young surfer, whose promising career was cut short by a shark attack.
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