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 …
Category: Faith
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 …
Big C Little c
When my kids were small I used to read them Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! When we came to the C page it went "Big C, Little c, C C C, what begins with C?" This ties in nicely with my last post, where I talked about why we need a church building. Photo …
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 …
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 …
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 More Things Change
The more they stay the same. I've found myself doing more and more reading lately, really getting into various Papal documents, things like encyclicals and exhortations. One of these is fairly recent, "Evangelii Gaudium" or "The Joy of the Gospel" written by Pope Francis. I get my copies through Verbum.com but you can get them …
