While doing some research for a writing project, I came across this quote from the writings of Jose Maria Escrevia, the founder of Opus Dei. It is about excuses. "Excuses. You will always find plenty if you want to avoid your obligations. What a profusion of well-thought-out nonsense! Don't stop to consider it. Dismiss it …
Category: morality
Culture of Death A Rant
As I have mentioned before, I am a big fan of Patrick Madrid, a Catholic Apologist and speaker and his radio show, "Right Here, Right Now" , well except for the fact that after listening my head hurts from thinking too much about what is discussed. But this isn't a promotion for the show, rather …
What’s Wrong With this Picture
Did you ever play the game "What's wrong with this picture?" This is a game where you look at two similar pictures and try to determine what is different in them. We can do this in real life as well. For example let's look at this recent news story: PROVO, Utah (Reuters) - A Utah …
It all Starts with Temptation
As we near the end of Lent I thought I would write about temptation. At the beginning of Lent we hear about how Jesus fasted in the wilderness for forty days and then was tempted by the Evil One (Matthew 4:1). And of course we all know the story of Eve and how the serpent tempted her …
Are you Rolling the Dice
Last week I talked about the sin of sloth. I followed that up with a post about choices. What better way to follow up than to write about making the best choices. While we may or may not agree that we all have free will and are able to make our own choices, there is something we …
It’s All About Our Choices
In my last post I talked about free will, and how God has given us free will allowing us to make our own choices, whether good or bad. He will stand by and watch what happens, leaving it up to us about what we will do. Satan on the other hand, will do whatever he …
Quick to Hear Slow to Speak
How many of us are quick to speak and slow to hear? I would be willing to bet more of us than care to admit. We seem to live in a world where we never listen to each other any more. We have so many distractions, our attention spans have gone down to nothing, we …
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 …
What’s in It for Me?
This is a question which has become more and more common in the last few decades. Everyone wants to know what they will get out of something, whether it is their work, school or a relationship. It seems to be very rare these days when someone will do something for nothing. Why do you think …
Turn the Other Cheek
Today's Gospel reading is from Luke, part of the "Sermon on the Mount", Luke 6:27 - 38 to be exact. In the "Sermon on the Mount" Jesus us is teaching us how to be like him and I know for me, these lines are some of the hardest to follow. "Love your enemies, be good …
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