Ask Fr. Mike

For the first time in history, we exist in a society that has reduced human life to the individual. While this movement has a grain of truth and goodness to it (the human person truly does have [...]

In his book, “The Power of Habit”, Charles Duhigg points out that we often adopt a “habit loop”.  It consists of three parts: the cue, the routine, and the reward.  Virtually every habit we have [...]

First, praise God for the fact that He placed that desire in your heart!  Too many of us are content with the idea of “show up on Sunday, put something in the basket, and you’re good”.  I think [...]

This is a very good question.  The fact that you are asking this already puts you ahead of most people in our current culture.  For many people, the very worst thing that they could be accused of [...]

Thank you for reaching out and asking this question. There are many factors at play here and clearly there is a lot here that I am unaware of. Since I do not know your son or his wife, I am only [...]

I think that your experience sounds a lot like most people in the Church. Now, when I say that, I don’t mean “most people who don’t care about getting close to the Lord” in the Church. What you [...]

I believe that I am a very spiritual person. I don’t personally believe in any religion, but that doesn’t mean I am not spiritual.

I heard that Catholics aren’t allowed to be cremated, but I kind of think that I would like to be cremated rather than just buried when I die. Can I be a faithful Catholic and be cremated?

Why do you refer to God as “He”? Are you implying that God is male?Doesn’t this support a patriarchal worldview? I don’t see the point.

How could a person in Heaven ever be happy if they know that someone they love is not there or will never be there (is in Hell)?