You are either Catholic or you aren't. No, this isn't an attempt to convert everyone out there to Catholicism, but rather it is directed to those who claim to be Catholic, yet don't follow the teachings of the church. They pick and choose which tenets of the faith to follow and decide the others aren't …
Does God Really Answer Our Prayers
Does God really answer our prayers or do we only think he does? One of the things I have come to notice during my journey back to the Catholic faith is how God continues to answer my prayers. I have to admit I was always pretty sceptical about the whole idea of God actually doing …
Who is Walking Beside You
It has been awhile since I have written a Sunday Bible Reflection, where I take one of the readings from today's mass and reflect on it, so let me do that today. And I promise there wont be one mention of either abortion or the state of morality (or immorality) in this post. Well other …
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 …
Confession is Good for the Soul
Today we celebrate Easter, the day Jesus was raised from the dead in order to free us from our sins. We can look at this like He wiped our slates clean in order for us to start over. How many of us have kept it clean? I would imagine not too many of us. No …
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 …
You Can’t Go Wrong
I thought I would continue along the same train of thought I started a few posts ago. In the last post I talked about why you should live like Heaven and Hell really exist: Now, here is the point. Wouldn’t it be better to live a Christ-like life with the hope of getting to Heaven …
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 …
When I am Called to Duty God
This post will be a little different than my usual discourse. Yesterday, two Boston firefighters died in the line of duty while fighting a fire in a building on Beacon Street. The firefighters killed were identified as Lt. Edward J. Walsh, 43, of West Roxbury -- a father of three -- and Firefighter Michael R. …
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 …
The Wayward Catholic 