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Shì de zhǔrén

A man who was a member of the American Socialist Party was once speaking with a man who had fled Chinese communism. The American...

Those not Admitted

Just because there are so many who do not know about this (absolutely binding) rule in the Church, it bears stating here for the sake of...

Are you?

"If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world ablaze!" St. Catherine of Siena

Friends and Family

Does God really know what is best for you? Do you believe that with all your heart and mind? If you do, then you will also believe that...

Making Communion "Common"

Some passages of Scripture are challenging. 1 Corinthians chapter 11 is high on that list. It is not the "hard to understand" kind of...

The Name of God

Before the first coming of Christ, the Jews were so concerned about taking God's name in vain, that they decided never to say His name at...

How to Deal with a Mistake

One time, a visitor to St. George came forward for communion and brought a pyx (the small brass case used to carry the Eucharist to the...

Too Much Information!

Sometimes when people speak to others, they have little control of their tongues. I am not talking about people who cuss. I am talking...

Cheerful Giving

Are you a cheerful giver? St. Paul tells us that we need to give to support the needs of the Church (which is also one of the Precepts of...

Until...

“Until the Lord be pleased to settle, through the instrumentality of the princes of the Church and the lawful ministers of His justice,...

Maintaining the Fire

I know a Catholic priest who has a strong distaste for tradition. No, he would not describe it this way. Instead, he would say that the...

Seeing Sin Rightly

When we point out the sins of the wicked world we live in, sometimes our own personal struggles or opinions slip in and cloud our words....

Just Jesus?

Someone once told me he did not want to be Catholic because Catholics had too many rules and laws; instead he wanted to have "just Jesus"...

My Assumptions

I like talking with Protestants. No, not because I like the Protestant way of thinking (I did, after all, leave that behind when I became...

Coping with Papal Infallibility

It may very well be that many Catholics today are victims of the doctrine of papal infallibility. Please do not get me wrong: the Church...

Justice and Mercy

I am sure that there are those who, after hearing that Theodore McCarrick was declared unable to stand trial for his crimes, felt that it...

Only God...

"Only God could say: you give me your humanity, and I will give you My Divinity; you give me your time, and I will give you My eternity;...

Not the Precepts of the Church

1. You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor, unless you have either a really good paying...

Not the 10 Commandments

1 Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in...

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