Since I have been working with the RCIA candidates, I have been looking at the Gospel readings differently. One of the objectives of the RCIA program is to relate the Catechism and Scripture and the principles learned from them to daily life. So every day when I read the daily readings I try to do …
There is no Try
Am I trying too hard? Or not hard enough? This is the question I have been asking myself (and God) lately. I've been asking this about the RCIA program I am involved in as a facilitator. You see the issue is I feel like the program should be more than it seems to be right …
Don’t Build a Bigger Barn
Yesterday's gospel reading was the "Parable of the Rich Fool" - Luke 12:13 - 21. This parable is about a rich man who has so much grain he doesn't know what to do with it. He decides to tear down his old barns and build a bigger one. He figures he will be all set …
Morals Really are this Simple
Anyone who has read any of my ramblings on this blog can attest that I am always talking about morality and the lack of the same in our culture. We are always hearing about moral relativism and how people consider morals to be relative to what is best for them. Different circumstances mean different morals. …
The Right Direction
Someone asked me the other day why I have a crucifix on my desk, just below the computer screen. My answer was quite simple "It keeps me headed in the right direction ". Of course it also performs other functions as well. It reminds me of the fact that Jesus died so we all can live. …
Pain and Suffering Part 2
As if there isn't enough pain and suffering in the world, let me write another blog post to bring some more into it. I want to continue my theme from two posts ago where I began talking about pain and suffering and whether or not God is responsible for it. In part 1 we pretty …
RCIA: Understanding the Catechism
As I have written about previously I have become a co-catechist for the RCIA program at my parish. The program began Sunday although I am still getting my feet wet. I was thinking this morning that it might be a good idea to use this forum to answer questions that have arisen from the participants. …
Pain and Suffering – Part 1
Today I am going to write about a subject I usually keep to myself - Pain and Suffering. Not the pain and suffering of others or even of the world in general, but my own. I am not sure I have talked about it here before, maybe a long time ago, but I was diagnosed …
The Truth Will Set Us Free
Every once in a while I will come across something that just strikes me in a certain way. Whether it is a passage from Scripture or a line from one of the thousand other things I seem to always be reading. Today it is a line from the Book of Proverbs. The justice of the …
And Now Some Joyful Noise
I realize my last few posts have been a little on the somber and serious side, so today I decided to lighten up the mood. I actually got this idea while at Mass this morning. Did any of you realize the church was at the forefront of text message shorthand hundreds of years ago? I'm …
