So in my last post, I sort of veered off course. I was going to talk about the message from the Gospel reading for that Sunday and how it is kind of appropriate for the times we are living in, but I got sidetracked. I guess the Holy Spirit decided to take over my fingers. …
Their Eyes Were Opened
Today is the Third Sunday of Easter. We are almost into our third month of the coronavirus pandemic. we have lived through 40 days of Lent without being able to go into our churches, without being able to celebrate Mass and even more importantly, without being able to receive the Body and Blood of our …
With God All Things Are Possible
In these troubled times, I have noticed I have begun looking at things a little differently than I used to. I have begun looking at how God is at work in our lives and in those around us. I wonder how many people also see this? When you watch the news, whether it is the …
Be Not Afraid
I am not sure we are walking through the valley of the shadow of death or not, but these are certainly scary times. Every day the news seems to get worse, the number of people infected with the coronavirus rises, the number of deaths goes up and the predictions of how many possible deaths are …
COVID- 19 Heart vs Mind
I have started this post about five times now and am finding it extremely difficult to write. I am trying to write my thoughts on this whole Corona Virus situation. I am very conflicted on this, conflicted about the "quarantine", God, my faith and my Church. My head says one thing, my heart another. Let …
WWJD
Remember back a few years ago (maybe more than a few) when people were asking the question: What would Jesus do? I don’t seem to hear that very much anymore. Maybe no one really cares. It’s funny I don’t seem to ask myself that question much either. But it’s not that I don’t care or …
What God Needs
I had an interesting conversation with my daughter today. Now this being the 21st century it wasn’t a face to face conversation but rather a finger to finger conversation. She and her husband have a rather big life decision to make and she asked for my advice. Without going into the details I told her …
Why Not You
Over there to the right is my other blog. You know the one that I focus on other things besides just Catholic type issues. I wrote a post earlier this week called "How about us?" where I talked about a Facebook post about the homeless problem in my town. In a nutshell, several people thought …
Stay Awake
Yesterday's Gospel reading is one of those I just never know how to take. Matthew 24:37 - 44 talks about the end times and how when the time comes people will suddenly be plucked from wherever they are and be taken up to Heaven. Will this actually happen? Photo by Peter Usher on Unsplash Think about it. You …
The Least You Can Do
This is the next in my little series on what it takes to be a good Catholic. In this post, I will turn to the Catechism of the Catholic Church and write about what is called "The Precepts of the Church". These are the five least things you can do to be in communion with …
The Wayward Catholic 