Book Review – Why I am Catholic (and You Should Be Too) by Brandon Vogt
One of the greatest commonalities I find among families is that all of us have at least one person who has left the Catholic faith. For those of…
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For Ever and Ever
I am sometimes shocked when I hear people say things like “I want to live forever!” The ones who have that to say are usually young, have no…
God Has Plans for Us
That the blessed and only ruler will make manifest at the proper time, the King of kings and Lord of lords. (1 Timothy 6:15) Recently I saw…
Sin takes away freedom, but God makes us free
Freedom: the choice to do or not to do, to be or not to be. God wants us to be free, even if that means we are free…
Admonish sinners
Sunday Readings for the 23nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 10 I used to think that God’s law was like those dumb rules we had to put up…
Sunday Mass in Galilee in Jesus’ language
An entry in my travel journal describes one Sunday in Galilee in 1988 on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land led by John Michael Talbot. As it does…
True Freedom
The Fourth of July always seems to make people stop and reflect on the core values of our culture. One of these values is freedom. We talk about…
God Is Not Fair and Other Reasons for Gratitude
Two thoughts from reading the title of this book drew me to it immediately. One, I thought,” thank God he isn’t fair” and two, “I need to practice…
Seeing as God Sees
For the past week-and-a-half I’ve been travelling the same route to and from work, through the densely populated outskirts of Accra, Ghana, via bus or taxi each day.…
As a Catholic, Do You Sometimes Feel Like You’re in the Minority, a Stranger to Those Around You and this Country?
Well, it’s because you are, if you are really trying to live the gift of faith Jesus gave us in our Catholic Church. That’s what brilliant Catholic leader,…