What is the most intimate union we can have with God on this Earth? What did Jesus specifically ask us to do until He comes again? What did He say we must do in order to have eternal life? To whom shall we go? What is the primary way God gave us to commune with [...]
“The Catholic Church is the only thing which saves a man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age. I have compared it with the New Religions; but this is exactly where it differs from the New Religions. The New Religions are in many ways suited to the new conditions; but they [...]
“I hate religious people.” It’s one thing to hear this from an atheist. It’s another when I hear it from an evangelical Christian (who shouldn’t be hating anybody in the first place). The sentiment is a hallmark of a thinned-out and trendy pop-Christianity that wants a religion without the religion part. I usually get the [...]
I was “born this way.” This is just “who I am.” Such overly simplistic maxims are the new moral measuring stick. And why not? If we are unsure of an objective goodness (God), then why not use your self as the measuring stick to measure your self? So the false logic continues, if I was [...]
“If we let Christ into our lives, we lose nothing, absolutely nothing of what makes life free, beautiful, and great. No! Only in this friendship are the doors of life opened wide. Only in this friendship is the great potential of human existence truly revealed.” – Pope Benedict XVI So often we feel that in [...]
This is a great lesson for anyone. Which monk are you? Four monks took a vow of silence. When night came, one of them said, “Fix the lamps.” The second replied, “We are not supposed to speak.” The third said, “Stupid fools! Why did you talk?” The fourth said to himself in silence, “I am [...]
Ok, so I’m not totally disabling my iPhone for Lent. It’s the only phone number I can be reached at. But I am going to not use any of my social media, games or email apps on my iPhone. Consider them disabled ’til Easter. And every time I have the urge to open one up, [...]
One of the episodes from CATHOLICISM that I am looking forward to most is episode 4 – “Our Tainted Nature’s Solitary Boast: Mary, the Mother of God.” Mary is one of those subjects in the Church that not only engages the theological intellect, but offers so much more on so many other levels. As mother [...]
