Thomas Griffin 1/4/21 – For Catholic Exchange Let us not grow in the temptation to forget the times we are in. Scandal is not a new word for Catholics, but it will be thrown around more than ever before with the release of the McCarrick Report which documents (in nearly five hundred pages) the riseContinue reading “Jesus’ Response to Scandal”
Author Archives: Thomas Griffin
Christmas Past and Persisting in Hope
Thomas Griffin 12/31/20 Newt Gingrich is the former Speaker of the House (1995-1998) and was a Republican candidate for president (2012) who occasionally writes opinion pieces for several media outlets. He recently wrote two pieces for Fox News highlighting the fact that our beloved country has seen worse than 2020 and will rise from theContinue reading “Christmas Past and Persisting in Hope”
A Baby is Born: A Man’s First Christmas as Dad
Thomas Griffin 12/24/20 A Baby is Born: A Man’s First Christmas as Dad – Ascension Press (12/23/20) Excerpt: “Parenthood and family life are the crux of society. One of the few things that every human being shares with every other human being is that we all have a mother and a father—we all come fromContinue reading “A Baby is Born: A Man’s First Christmas as Dad”
The Year of St. Joseph: Learning From His Example
Thomas Griffin (12/23/20) In “The Year of St. Joseph” We Can All Learn From His Humble Example – The Federalist (12/23/20) Excerpt: “The culture is sown with an enormous number of struggles, tensions, and strife, which the pope desires to offer a remedy and exemplar to ponder. Joseph isn’t a model out of touch orContinue reading “The Year of St. Joseph: Learning From His Example”
The Wood: From the Manger to the Cross
Thomas Griffin (12/23/20) The Wood: From the Manger to the Cross – Catholic Exchange (12/22/20) Excerpt: “There are some details in salvation history which cry out to the masses: this is important! From the very beginning, literally, the symbol of wood from a tree is critical. God desires to use this weaving thread of continuityContinue reading “The Wood: From the Manger to the Cross”
Santa is Not a Leper
Thomas Griffin 12/22/20 Santa is Not a Leper – Crisis Magazine (12/22/20) Excerpt: “Will Santa Claus be the next culprit in a mass spreading of Covid-19? Is it really safe for him to be going house to house, possibly collecting germs from countless families, and infesting the masses with the pandemic? CNN recently published a video starring Dr.Continue reading “Santa is Not a Leper”
St. Joseph: To Trust and Be Just
Thomas Griffin (12/20/20) Originally Published for MT28Project – (3/18/20) We do not have a tremendous amount of details about the step-father of Jesus, and he actually never speaks a word in the Scriptures. However, one description that best encapsulates his life is this: Joseph was a “righteous man” (Mt 1:19). This term is highly specificContinue reading “St. Joseph: To Trust and Be Just”
Queen’s Gambit: Relationship Heals All
Thomas Griffin 12/18/20 Beth Harmon has become a household name with the blockbuster Netflix series entitled “Queen’s Gambit.” The series is actually based on the true story of a boy prodigy of chess named Bobby Fischer who gained fame in the 1960s. The fictional nature of the series does not impede the countless truths whichContinue reading “Queen’s Gambit: Relationship Heals All”
Waiting and Looking: The Magi and Shepherds
Thomas Griffin 12/16/20 From Looking Up to Bowing Down: This is the Recipe for Finding God’s Presence – Originally Published in Aleteia (12/25/18) Those who first learn about the birth of Jesus are the ones who give us the perfect recipe for how to place ourselves in God’s presence as they did. Matthew’s Gospel speaksContinue reading “Waiting and Looking: The Magi and Shepherds”
The Christmas Message: Make Room for God
Thomas Griffin 12/24/20 – ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED FOR THE LONG ISLAND CATHOLIC Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” “There was no room for them in the inn” (Luke 2:7). Here we have the reasoning for why the newborn Jesus is laid in a manger, a feeding box for animals, directly after his birth. Christ was bornContinue reading “The Christmas Message: Make Room for God”
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