My favorite movie/musical is "The Music Man", the story about a travelling salesman in 1912 who sells bands. In order to get the get the local townspeople fired up, he has pointed out the evil of having a pool table in town. At a subsequent meeting in the schoolhouse he fires them up even more …
Month: December 2013
The Journey Begins
I have been working on a little writing project recently trying to explain God to oldest granddaughter. She asked me one day "Who is God?" While I was extremely happy she asked me, I didn't know how to answer. When my children were young I was away from the church, far away from the church, …
See No Evil, See No Good
I guess when Atheists claim they don't believe, they really don't believe. I ran across this post today from the "Friendly Atheist" on Patheos discussing a recent photo purported to be of persecuted Christians which the author has proved to be fake. I certainly can see where the evidence proves it is fake, like so …
We Need More Joseph’s
We really need more Joseph's out in the world today. We need more people who will take responsibility and do the right thing even if they don't need to. In today's Gospel, Matthew 1: 18-24, we recall the story of the angel coming to Joseph letting him know that his betrothed, Mary, would be having …
More Intolerance From the Most Tolerant
In yet another case of intolerance from the people who claim to be the most tolerant people in the world, the progressive left has attacked another good faithful Christian. Of course I am referring to Phil Robertson of "Duck Dynasty" fame. Yes he exercised his First Amendment rights and expressed his views about homosexuality which …
Who am I to Judge
In my last post I wrote how I had done something I never had before, gave money to a street person. I wrote how it reminded me of Matthew 25: 44 - 46 and "What you did for the least..." I have been reflecting even more on this over the last couple of days. As …
There but for the Grace of God
I did something the other day I have never done in my 57 years of living on this earth. I'm not sure what got into me, but I actually gave a dollar to a guy standing on the street corner holding a sign saying he was homeless, etc. etc. etc. Now maybe a dollar isn't …
Be Ready for the Unexpected
Today in the Catholic Church is the first Sunday of Advent, which is also the beginning of the liturgical year. Advent means basically the two comings of Jesus, his birth and when he comes again at the end of time. Today's Gospel reading is Matthew 24: 37 - 44 where Jesus tells us how we …
The Wayward Catholic 