By:
On:
In: Catholic, faith, general, Jesus, judgement, love, right, sin, wrong

My wife and I were having a wonderfully deep conversation as I drove her in to work this morning about the concepts of gluttony and sin, and how they could apply to diet cost and expenditure.  We then began to talk about the general judgement, what it might be likeContinue Reading

By:
On:
In: 11, 9, Catholic, christ, forget, love, memorial, sept, time, towers, twin

As I was doing my morning walk after getting my daughter on the bus, I began to listen to the office of readings. My mind began to wander as the Psalms were being read to me, and I began to meditate sincerely on this set of verses:  O Lord, youContinue Reading

By:
On:
In: Catholic, cross, faith, hope, Jesus, least, love, of, pray, sign, these

One of the most wonderful notions about Cursillo and the teachings of our church is to look for Jesus in every person.  You know that biblical verse where Jesus said “Whatever you do for the least of these”? As a Catholic we take that literally, that we can ‘entertain angelsContinue Reading

By:
On:
In: agape, Bible, Catholic, Catholicism, children, christ, correction, grace, Jesus, lector, lesson, love, servant, spirituality

This morning I had the wonderful privilege of leading a communion service for our parish.  About 6:30 as the kids were getting ready for school, I was in the living room preparing for my role.   Between helping find hair brushes and signing papers for school I read vocally andContinue Reading

By:
On:
In: Catholic, Catholicism, Christian, commandments, communion, conversion, Covenant, doctrine, Eucharist, faith, grace, growth, sacrament, sacraments, virtues, vocation

How Can Accepting the Doctrine of the Church help you come closer to God? As a convert to the Catholic faith, the organic nature of the development of doctrine is something that I have experienced first hand.  During my formative years I began to do what is most common inContinue Reading

By:
On:
In: Catholic, conversion, faith, fowler, hope, Jesus, journey, love, ministry, mystical, sacrament, sacrifice, spirituality, stage, stages, step, testimony

During the process of my conversion, I was uninterested in the Catholic faith. Coming from the particular protestant background that I was raised in, the Catholic faith was not only foreign, but looked down upon if not looked at with outright contempt. My wife and I had married with theContinue Reading

By:
On:
In: Catholic, family, hearing, kindness, listening, love, patience

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger The book of James is quick to remind us that part of our Christian duty is to listen to another.  It’s strange though to think that the average thought of what itContinue Reading