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Building

Peter Kwasniewski said recently: If members of the hierarchy (or their eager-beaver apologists) expect the laity to “pay, pray, and...

Patience

Patience is the companion of wisdom. St. Augustine (read that quote again, and let it sink deeply into your soul)

Correction

In today's first reading for Mass, we hear about an instance where a man named Apollos was teaching "accurately" things about Jesus but...

Finding Strength

Many of you know that my family and I have been building our new homes (yes, we did a good portion of the construction ourselves--hard...

Ascension Day

Which direction is Heaven from here? Can you point to it? Considering the fact that we live on a round ball, if I point "up" that is...

Rigid and Backwardist

I am, apparently, "rigid" and "backwardist" (according to a published comment made by someone at the Vatican about certain priests--no...

The Name of God

What do you invoke God's name for? Meaning, what do you specifically pray that He will do and say "in the name of the Father and the Son...

Considering the Consequences

As a young boy, I remember watching the old black and white episodes of Buck Rogers. I was always fascinated by the way that Buck had a...

Attachment to Jesus

"[Some baptized Catholics are] still without any explicit personal attachment to Jesus Christ; they only have the capacity to believe...

Yes, there is a Judgment Day

Why do Priests do blatantly stupid things? I read another article about a Priest in Pennsylvania who stole thousands of dollars from his...

Of Course

I read two words the other day in an article that were amazing: "of course". They were amazing for two different reasons. The first...

Knowing God (or maybe not)

I like reading the Old Testament prophets. One of the reasons is that they say so much about Christ and the Church; the problem, of...

St. George Parish is Eight Years Old

Eight years ago today, I was packing for the move to here in Missouri. I had been assigned as the administrator of St. George community....

"Bishop" David Waller

Imagine how my stomach sank as I read the first few words of the email: New Bishop Appointed for the Ordinariate... You may already know...

Believing Errors

Have you ever believed something and found out that it was incorrect? We all have at one time or another; mistakes are common to all...

The Glory of a Horse

"Some men become proud and insolent because they ride a fine horse, wear a feather in their hat or are dressed in a fine suit of clothes....

God's Will

Do you want to do God's will? I am not referring to the specific sense of the moral will of God (i.e. the 10 commandments, etc.). Rather,...

Only a Paragraph

How do you see your place in history? Do you have high dreams about your name in history books 1000 years from now? Maybe you are a bit...

Should we?

Apparently, Catholic Answers (the online source for Catholic apologetics that does not always give the actual Catholic answer!), tried to...

Another Liturgical Abuse

One of the worst abuses of the Mass does not occur at the altar and it is not done by careless priests; it is desiring the Mass to be...

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