The first reading today (June 14) is one of my favorite Bible passages: 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 Brothers and sisters: We hold this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us. We are…
Life According to Facebook or Life According to the Bible?
A Week Offline and the New Evangelization
I’d intended to take the Easter Triduum off and then resume blogging, but travel to the land of “no free wifi connection” conspired against me. After fretting for a day or two, I settled into the idea of a relatively…
Divorced and Catholic
I was talking with a friend the other day, who is on the registration committee of our parish. He was telling me about some of the difficulties of registering new parishioners. It seems that some of the people who want…
You are being watched!
In your neighborhood, at work, in school, and on the soccer field at the movies, at the mall, and at church, curious eyes are on you. Why you? Because everyone around you craves something more significant than the joyless life…
Blessed Be the Annoying Catholics
Have you ever met an annoying Catholic? Are you one? Good. Pope Francis thinks you should be. Recently, while reading through Catholic New World, the newspaper for the Archdiocese of Chicago, I came across a story from the Catholic News…
The “isms” of our time
A few weekends ago I went on retreat at our local retreat center. One of the talks focused on the obstacles to being Church. The priest named what he considered the three root causes: individualism, with relativism embodied in it,…
The Place of Beauty
With the spotlight on the Pope drama, once again, we see the media focusing on the workings of the Church. We have all heard the dissenters. Why doesn’t that Catholic Church sell the “fancy stuff” they have? Why do they need all…
Learning 21 Ways to Worship (& a Giveaway)
In a brief review of Vinny Flynn’s 7 Secrets of the Eucharist, I wrote that it is a “conversational and easy read that is in no way light in weight,” one that “feels like a passionate conversation… rather than a theology…
10 Ways to Get Involved in the Pro-Life Movement
As I watched the horrific trial of Dr Kermit Gosnell unfold, I was sickened. How can something like this happen in our world? When I lay down to sleep, graphic images from the babies aborted flash through my mind. I…
Time to Take Action: Lawn Chair Catechism Coming Your Way
You’re all fired up, Jennifer, but what are you planning to do about this? I love to read Catholic stuff. It makes me happy and warm inside, the way some people get a kick out of greeting cards or football…