Do you cleanse the inside of the cup? Or are you like the Scribes and Pharisees and only clean the outside? This is what Jesus asks us in today's Gospel, Matthew 22: 23 - 26. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You cleanse the outside of cup and dish, but inside they are full of …
Category: Christianity
Burying the Dead
Here in Massachusetts, and I am sure around the rest of the country as well, there has been a lot of discussion regarding what to do with the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the Boston Bombers. Currently he is lying in state at a Worcester, MA funeral home with no place to go. No …
Love as I have loved you
Every once in awhile something hits me like a lead pipe. It's usually at night when I am reflecting on my day and asking myself whether or not I was a good Christian or not. In today's Gospel reading, Jesus says: I give you a new commandment: love one another; you must love one another …
The Death Penalty and Terrorists
With the recent terrorist act in Boston and subsequent capture of the remaining bomber brings up one of those questions which cause a lot of consternation among Catholics. That question is: should the bomber, if convicted, get the death penalty? Like questions on same sex marriage, contraception and abortion, many Catholics are torn on the …
Be Nice on the Way Up
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to be able to go outside of your body and just observe your life, see what you look like from a different perspective? I started thinking about this this morning. Without going into details, I work fr a place where the leadership can best be described …
The Road to Extinction
For this post only, let's change the name of this blog to something other than the Wayward Catholic because for this post I want to keep all references to religion, God, Catholicism or the Bible. So pretend its something like the Wayward Atheist. Okay, then, let's talk about Gay Marriage and why it is wrong from a purely …
Let’s Reverse the Trend
A recent article on TownHall.com written by John Hawkins in which he outlines five signs that American society is degenerating. I agree with all five and can be all traced to one main cause. The five signs are as follows: Dependency Debt Decay in entertainment Politics Marriage When you read Hawkins' descriptions of these five, …
The Subversion of Morality Continues
I often write about the Progressive movement and how they are constantly undermining Christian beliefs. They want to be in charge, they don't want God to be in charge, they don't want a young person's parents to be in charge, they want to control your thinking, your mores. Here is a "Guide" put out by …
What’s In It For Me
In my last two posts I bemoaned the results of the presidential elections. My take on the results is that we have become a "What's in it for me" culture and we vote accordingly, for whoever will give us more, for less. We have also become a "culture of death", where many of us no …
Religious Freedom: Time To Fight Back
We are in the middle of the “Fortnight of Religious Freedom” which will end July 4th. Have you ever wondered how we allowed ourselves to even get to a position where we would have to be worried about losing our religious liberty? There isn’t a simple answer, there are many factors but one of them, …
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