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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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

Thomas Griffin 12/12/20 Empty Tomb Project: THE MAGAZINE The appearance of the Mother of God to a peasant named Juan Diego in the 16th century is arguably one of the most powerful and undeniably miraculous events in the last two thousand years. On December 9, 1531 he was walking through the hill country named TepeyacContinue reading “Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Indisputable Miracle”

Thomas Griffin 12/10/20 Empty Tomb Project: THE MAGAZINE St. Teresa of Calcutta, known mostly as Mother Teresa, was canonized a saint in the Catholic Church on September 4, 2016 and December 10th marks the anniversary of her acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Her life as a nun and missionary to theContinue reading “Cancelling Mother Teresa?”

Thomas Griffin 12/8/20 The angel Gabriel continues the message to Mary that she will become the Mother of God. Mary is told that the Lord is truly with her and that she will conceive in her womb and bear a son. Mary asks “how” this can be the case. She does not doubt that itContinue reading “Immaculate: Mary is Overshadowed”

Thomas Griffin 12/2/20 “The Living: A Relentless Hope” – Ascension Press (12/2/20) Excerpt: “The Christians of the first century often referred to themselves as followers of “the Way.” They also called themselves “the Living.” The idea was analogous to the saying, “Everyone dies, but not everyone truly lives.” Among the social classes and religions ofContinue reading “The Living: A Relentless Hope”

Thomas Griffin 11/30/20 “Andrew had previously been a disciple of John the Baptist: and this shows us that he was a man who was searching, who shared in Israel’s hope, who wanted to know better the word of the Lord, the presence of the Lord. He was truly a man of faith and hope; andContinue reading “St. Andrew: Going Unnoticed”