Say Amen, Mom and Dad

Teens who are more religiously observant enjoy better familial relationships and greater satisfaction in family life than their non-religious peers. That finding comes from Mark Regnerus and Amy Burdette of the University of Texas, who recently took a new look at data culled several years ago from 13,000 adolescents and their parents in the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health. The researchers also found that teen “religiosity” contributes to better family dynamics overall.

Source: Houston Daily Journal, March 14

Miniature from a 13th-century Passio Sancti Georgii (Verona).

St. George: A Saint to Slay Today's Dragons

COMMENTARY: Even though we don’t know what the historical George was really like, what we are left with nevertheless teaches us that divine grace can make us saints and that heroes are very much not dead or a thing of history.