Romance Has No Reason
I don’t believe the cultural attack on marriage is an accident. While we are making progress as a culture in some areas like respect for unborn life, there…
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Tag: sin
Failure on the Faith Journey
I don’t know about you, but I am constantly confronted by my own failure on this journey of faith. Sometimes it even feels like all of my efforts…
Yes, There Can Be Evangelization
The parent meeting went off fairly well. Only one small technology difficulty and I dare say some evangelization may have occurred. As I said last time, I want…
Bad Priests
I’ve been thinking, recently, about the impact of bad priests on the Church. No, not on the Church – but on the lives of particular members of the…
The Church Uses Live Ammo
I’ve observed a general feeling in much of the world today that looks at the Catholic Church as an outdated group with quaint, if not retrograde, beliefs that…
Walking in the Dark
“I will lead the blind by a way they do not know, In paths they do not know I will guide them. I will make darkness into light…
Infectious Sin
We had an Ebola scare in my region of the country. Before all of the facts were out, there was a lot of confusion and nervous laughter as…
The Sneakiest of the Deadly Sins
Readings for October 12, 2014: 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time At age 16, life was about rock ‘n roll. If my own band was not performing on Saturday…
Is Suicide a Mortal Sin?
With the death of Robin Williams, many people are talking a great deal about the tragedy of suicide. Sadly, many of us have known people who have taken…
Sin and Weltanschauung
Last night I attended the first of two lectures at my parish on the topic of worldview. One thread ran like this: The ultimate reality is God, who…