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Things to Run Away From (2)

(Motorcycle illustration to follow...) I recall once someone who asked on an internet forum for a picture of the "window sticker" for a...

Things to Run Away From

We all have the instinct to run from danger. We see something that we know can harm us and we are tempted to run. Some, out of hard...

Reading the Scriptures with Humility

I recall once hearing a protestant teacher quoting Psalm 37:25 ("I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging bread")....

Bad Advice

I once knew someone who gave the worst possible advice you can imagine. It was not intentional, but rather just a matter of the combined...

Not a Worship Service

A non-catholic once visited a Catholic Church and attended Mass; not because she was interested in becoming Catholic, but because she was...

Depending on...

"Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you." St. Augustine

Conviction

I recall once, soon after having watched a "cops and robbers" movie (one of the older ones where the good guys actually are good guys and...

More Synodicity

The plans for the upcoming Synod on Synodicalness have been released, and (thank God) they do not seem to include the allowance for the...

Bible Chaos

I used to think that the proliferation of bibles was a good thing, and the fact that the Catholics lamented it was proof of how wrong...

Who is Forgiving Whom?

I read an article recently written by someone who was having fun hating the Catholic Church. She was mainly attacking the Church's...

Praise Choruses

Once there was a man who had been away from the Church for many years. Even though his wife said she was not ready to return, he decided...

Technopoly

The internet service was out at our home a few days ago. It seemed like the tower for the signal was gone (!). It is quite revealing as...

Truth

“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.” Blaise Pascal

Holidays

Some have said that there are no holidays for atheists. Although April Fools Day seems fitting--they are technically correct; almost....

Sinners! Oh my!

You know what? This may shock you, but I found this out, and I wanted to make sure everyone knew it: there are sinners in this parish!...

July 4th

If a man's mother is not in the faith, and is on a path towards eternal damnation, then he may still love her, but at the same time mourn...

Yuck!

Maggots. Yes, they have a purpose. Wasps; ouch. Yes, they have a purpose as well. Everything in the world God created has a purpose. Even...

But that's too hard!

A man once called a Priest he knew (who lived in another state) to ask advice. He told the Priest that there was not a single Church in a...

Specific Prayers

How clear are your prayers? Do you pray specifically? Yes, God already knows what you need, but He also wants to hear you pray. The...

This Month...

Oh, by the way, pride is still one of the seven deadly sins!

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