It has been just over six weeks since I was ordained a Catholic priest for the Diocese of Rockford on…

It’s easy to fall away from prayer. There are many times when I will have a steady prayer life for…

Catholics are to take advantage of the sacrament of Penance at least once a year–if you’re Catholic, you should remember…

Comedian Jim Gaffigan has a unique way of sharing his faith through his stand-up routines. In a recent video, “Barely…

Many Catholics are blessed to have a priest friend. Or, even if they’re not someone you consider your friend, you…

This is an older video, but it’s been popping up on the internet once again because it’s such a classic….

As Catholics, we are required to go to Confession once a year, but why stop there? We know Confession can…

This is a matter we seldom talk about with clarity, I don’t know exactly why. My impression is that we…

Do not be ashamed to enter again into the Church. Be ashamed when you sin. Do not be ashamed when…

Lord, I ask your pardon, I have sinned again. This, alas, is what I am capable of doing on my…

 It is necessary to confess our sins to those to whom the dispensation of God’s mysteries has been entrusted. Those…

And to you [priests] also, disciples of our illustrious physician, it is fitting that you should not withhold healing from…

In three ways then are sins remitted in the Church; by baptism, by prayer, by the greater humility of penance.

 In addition to these there is also a seventh [remission of sins], but it is hard and laborious: the remission…

Sinners may do penance for a set time, and according to the rules of discipline come to public confession, and…

“A man who governs his passions is master of the world. We must either command them or be enslaved to…