Am I a good Catholic? What makes a good Catholic? This is the question I have been asking myself for the last few weeks. I feel like I'm failing in the faith department. Sunday's Gospel reading, Luke 17: 5-10, is about faith. The apostles ask Jesus to increase their faith. Once again this is Jesus' …
Birds of a Feather
As I write this it is 4:00 AM. The morning birds are just beginning to wake up, starting their chorus. First, there is one, then another, a third, then too many to count. Photo by Barth Bailey on Unsplash I like to think each bird has its own particular job to do. The one directly …
Walking with God
This spring I have begun taking long walks in the woods. Taking long walks in the woods is much better than taking long walks off of short piers. These walks have further confirmed what I already knew... God is real. Atheists would like us to believe that everything was created by random interactions between molecules …
To Live or Not Live
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 …
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 …
A Case of Twisted Logic
We're better off dead, or so thinks at least one pro-abortion advocate. After the Alabama State Senate passed a very restrictive abortion law this week, Jameel Jamil an actress who of course knows what is best for all of us sent out a tweet expressing her anger. She has had an abortion and said it …
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 …
The Wayward Catholic 