Author Archives: Thomas Griffin

Thomas Griffin 2/10/24 Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” The 2023 Super Bowl was watched by over 115 million people worldwide. There is really no sporting event like it. The players involved know that it is not the most important thing in theContinue reading “Super Bowl Faith”

Thomas Griffin 2/9/24 Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” Too often we are reactive rather than proactive. This is the last week before we enter into the season of Lent. Ash Wednesday will mark the first day of the holiest season of theContinue reading “Take Hold of Lent”

Thomas Griffin 1/26/23 Follow The ETP Blog Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” Thomas Griffin is the chairperson of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island where he lives with his wife and two sons. He has a masters degree in theology and is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Empty TombContinue reading “The Magazine: January ’24 Edition”

Thomas Griffin 1/24/24 Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” In the preface to Francis de Sales’ Introduction to the Devout Life he admits that most projects on holiness have been written for those who have completely left the world behind for God. “ButContinue reading “Catch Everyday Faith”

Thomas Griffin 1/21/24 Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” St. Agnes lived between 291 A.D. – 304 A.D. and was the daughter of a wealthy family in Rome. The details we know about her are few but what we do know can serveContinue reading “Choosing a Side: St. Agnes”

Thomas Griffin 1/20/24 Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” “With every woman, for every child.”  This was the slogan for the 51st annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Friday. In the past there have been up to 400,000 attendees and evenContinue reading “March for Life 2024: Until Abortion is Unthinkable”

Thomas Griffin 1/17/24 (For SpiritualDirection.com) Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” On January 17th we celebrate the feast of St. Anthony of the Desert. His life of radical dedication to following Jesus was extreme, and yet is something that we can all emulate.Continue reading “Go to the Desert: Pray like St. Anthony”

Thomas Griffin 1/14/24 Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” Dr. King once said that “If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.”  What do you live for? When a man gives his life forContinue reading “Be Like MLK”

Thomas Griffin 1/9/24 Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” On December 18th, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (the Catholic Church’s teaching arm in the Vatican) published a document called Fiducs Supplicans (On the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings). Inside of theContinue reading “What is Happening to Church Teaching?”

Thomas Griffin 1/1/24 (For Crisis Magazine) Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” The first day of a new year is time to take store of where our life is and where our mission will be. We often review the year past and consider resolutionsContinue reading “Navigating Crisis in 2024”