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Thomas Griffin 3/15/21 (For Crisis Magazine) All great parents discern what is best for their children by weighing what keeps them safe and what is best for their development into adulthood. This has been a year when countless families have spent more time together than ever before. An opinion column for The New York Times entitled “I HateContinue reading “The Perils of Pandemic Parenting”

Thomas Griffin 3/12/21 (For Busted Halo) One day, on a visit to an old seminary in my diocese, I found myself alone in a chapel which was devoted solely to Eucharistic adoration. I had ventured to the seminary for some private prayer since I had no plans for the day and was desiring some extraContinue reading “3:00 P.M. Worship: The Hour for Giving Christ Our Utmost Attention”

Thomas Griffin 2/23/21 Currently, the number of executive orders signed by President Biden has eclipsed the forty-mark while reversals of Trump policies and heated debates between Democrats and Republicans are guaranteed to continue regarding what is best for the future of the country. Both sides claim they are right; they each claim to be onContinue reading “Abolishing Truth: The Equality and Do No Harm Act”

Thomas Griffin 2/19/21 (THE FEDERALIST) Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of the archdiocese of Detroit is making headlines for his efforts to push Catholic parishes and other religious groups to return to normal, pre-COVID worship services. On Feb. 9, Vigneron issued a statement noting his diocese will remove the dispensation put in place last March excusing Catholics fromContinue reading “Our Obligation to Go Back to Church in Person”

Thomas Griffin 2/17/21 Today is Ash Wednesday, the day which marks the beginning of the penitential season of Lent. For most of us, this day was one of serious reflection accompanied by the reception of ashes on our foreheads. However, similar to so many other aspects of the previous year, this may look very differentContinue reading “Ashes to Ashes: Lent Restores All”

Thomas Griffin 2/17/21 I always look forward to Ash Wednesday as a launchpad for the holiest time of the year. Leading up to this day a few years ago, things were a little different. At the time, I was nervous about how my coworkers in the business world would view me if I walked aroundContinue reading “Wearing Ashes (and your faith) in Secular Spaces”

Thomas Griffin 2/10/21 “At the bottom of their hearts the great masses of people are more likely to be poisoned than to be consciously and deliberately bad. In the primitive simplicity of their minds they are more easily victimized by a large lie than by a small lie.” The author of these chilling words: Adolf Hitler.Continue reading “Truth Commission: Lessons in Propaganda”

Thomas Griffin 2/8/21 There is rampant friction among Christians of all ages surrounding the notion that a person can live his life in any fashion, repent before he dies, and God will mercifully forgive him and grant him eternal salvation. When all is said and done, God will admit him into His presence, overlooking hisContinue reading “God’s Mercy, Endures Forever”

Thomas Griffin (2/3/21) Excerpt: You were with me, but I was not with you. Created things kept me from you; yet if they had not been in you they would not have been at all.” St. Augustine These inspiring words are from the Confessions of St. Augustine. They describe how, as a young man, Augustine looked forContinue reading “God’s Race for Us is the Answer”

Thomas Griffin 2/2/21 Excerpt: The next step after Jesus’ birth would be to present him for circumcision in the Temple eight days later according to Genesis 17:12. Circumcision was one of the constitutive elements of the covenant made between Abraham and Yahweh. After forty days were completed Mary and Joseph were to go to theContinue reading “The Presentation and Waiting for God”