I often talk about cafeteria Catholics, those who call themselves Catholics and then proceed to pick and choose what parts of the faith they will follow. "Let's see, I'll go to Mass every Sunday but it is okay if I have an extra-marital affair." "I can take communion but I don't feel I need to …
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My Peace I Give to You
We hear this said at every Sunday Mass, unless. of course, we don't go to Sunday Mass. Have you ever wondered what this actually means, what we are being asked to do? Photo by Sunyu on Unsplash This is actually a line from the Gospel of John, John 14:27. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give …
Beware of the Dog
A few years ago I came across the writings of the founder of Opus Dei, Saint Josemaria Escriva. At the time I didn't have much time to read them but recently as I was perusing my 4,000 bookmarks (okay maybe not that many) and came across them again. St. Josemaria believed we can all find …
Less Me, More Him
This past month I have been pretty down spiritually. I have been trying to figure out why. I think last week I may have come up with the reason why, or at least what to do about it. I took a week off from work last week with the intention of making a pilgrimage of …
Update: How Things Change
After I wrote my last post I had another one of those "coincidences" where out of the blue something happened to shake things up. It is starting to make me think that God really is listening to me. First, let me start by saying I don't believe in coincidences. There was a time when I …
How Things Change
I have had a few rough weeks at work lately. The problem is, now let me try to put this as nice as I can, I am surrounded by profanity, negative thinking, and profanity. Okay, I shouldn't say surrounded, it doesn't emanate from my office but from the one next to me. It really got …
Out into the Deep Water
This Sunday's Gospel reading is Luke 5: 1 - 11. This is when Jesus first asks several of the apostles to follow him and He will "make them fishers of men". Isn't this what Jesus calls us all to do? Photo by Manuel Sardo on Unsplash But Jesus is asking us to do more than just catch others …
You Did What at Mass
Last Sunday's 10:00 Mass kicked off Catholic School Week. Many of the students from the parish school were there with their parents. Before the Mass began I was watching the people who were coming in and I noticed a few things missing. Let me begin by saying I am in no way judging anyone in …
No One Said it Would be Easy
While at Mass today I began to think about the last year of my life. There have been some good things, and some bad things, mostly good. I have continued my journey back to the Lord, and have made some great strides, but as I always say, I have come a long way but still …
Cafeteria Catholics
One of my pet peeves (which is nothing like my pet dog) is Catholics who call themselves Catholics but aren't really Catholics. They pick and choose what parts of the faith they want to follow. Like being at a Chinese buffet, I like crab rangoons, let me take four, I don't like egg rolls, I …
