Pornography is a mortal sin
The bishops are calling out pornography as a mortal sin that needs confession and repentance. Finally. Are they actually willing to publicly call something a mortal sin without worrying about “harsh...
View ArticleA threat and a promise
Well, that didn’t take long. Two days ago I put up a post restating the fact that despite the enemy working overtime to ensure that I be quiet: I said, I would not. It’s not the first time I’ve made...
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Teens teaching me
“You did all this for me, and I really don’t care.” Teaching teens was not on my top ten list of comfortable things to do as a catechist. But, since when does the Lord ever leave those seeking to put...
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You are my King
I don’t think it an exaggeration to say I’m experiencing some type of dark night of the soul. It’s not important what the dark night is about. Really, it’s not. What is important I’m learning, is...
View ArticleBack from the dead
There was a time I’d skip over stories like this: The deception known as brain death. I simply accepted the medical profession’s explanation: a total irreversible loss of brain function caused by...
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Desire and fire
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. —Luke 21:33 Why? Why will the the Lord’s words outlast even the stars in the Heavens and the mystery of the oceans, which man in...
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The community of Courage
Father John Harvey By Bishop James D. Conley The Southern Nebraska Register The novelist William Faulkner understood the virtue of courage. He understood that to be courageous implies taking a...
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Homeless and pregnant
Originally titled, “I Met Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Yesterday,” I repost this since I was reminded of the encounter as I drove past the corner today. Homeless and Pregnant That was the sign she held...
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‘Hello darkness, my old friend’
Hello darkness, my old friend I’ve come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains...
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House of Bread
Can it be we’re so desensitized to hearing Christmas carols played everywhere we go from Halloween on, we miss the depths of truth in these wonderful traditional songs? Here is a little history on...
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The true weapon
In anticipation of the March for Life in Washington tomorrow, here is a re post from January 2013… I couldn’t be at the March for Life in Washington yesterday, but wanted to do something besides...
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The long and short of it
Looking back on some older posts and thanking Lord for only two more classes to go to complete my Advanced Catechist Certification.. It was and is … all grace. I just finished a book I’d put off...
View ArticleFelony charge for Planned Parenthood accusers
This is what it means to expose the darkness of the abortion industry today: Indict the the director of the Center for Medical Progress, David Daleiden and clear Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing....
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Family Day Roman style
These pictures are amazing. Imagine what could have been done with the support or encouragement of the Vatican. These photos were taken only in the Circus Maximus but, for honesty’s record, we must...
View ArticleFather Rutler on the German modernists
There’s nothing left to say when you have a priest like Father Rutler who far surpasses any definition of eloquence and articulation, who is a master at diagnosing the cracks in the world and the...
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Confidence in prayer
What about confidence in prayer? Coming into the Lenten season and processing through some personally challenging times, it was a question I had, finding wisdom from my reading in Cassian’s...
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A mother’s kind of broken
Recently, I had a close encounter with a woman in the narthex of my parish. After Mass some stayed as always to pray, say the rosary and light candles in the chapel while making silent appeals to...
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A toleration that is treachery
As we journey into Holy Week, knowing our Savior loved His Church and gave Himself up for her, here is a fitting quote we may well consider: There is a toleration which is treachery; there is a...
View ArticleFrom desert to orchard to forest
How thankful I am for the Easter season which calls our attention to the hidden work of the Holy Spirit, the breath of life which comes upon us in wind and fire. What is born of the Spirit is spirit. (...
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Inkblots and missing puzzle pieces
So, how’s it going? There’s a loaded question. When someone asks that I review my options. Let’s see– do I say fine and be done with it? No, they know enough about things to know they’re not fine. Do I...
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