One day a couple of weeks ago I made a purchase at a local Catholic book store, I was given a prayer card with a prayer Thomas Merton. It is very appropriate for my life these last few months. Now before I print the prayer, I decided to do a little research on who Thomas Merton …
No Other Gods
I've been thinking about my life lately, where I have been, where I am and where I am going. I always get like this around holidays, but more so this year since in the last year I have really changed. Things have happened in this last year, which have led me closer to God and …
Forgiveness
Can God forgive us for kicking Him to the curb? More importantly, will He?
The Road to Extinction
For this post only, let's change the name of this blog to something other than the Wayward Catholic because for this post I want to keep all references to religion, God, Catholicism or the Bible. So pretend its something like the Wayward Atheist. Okay, then, let's talk about Gay Marriage and why it is wrong from a purely …
Palm Sunday Thoughts
On a cold but sunny Palm Sunday, I figure it is a good time to reflect over the last year of my life, after all it was just about a year ago that I began attending Sunday Mass religiously (pardon the pun). I have come a long way in the last year but I still …
Another Attack From the Progressives
I know my usual Sunday posts are mostly non-political and maybe later I'll write another, but I have to take issue with that bastion of mainstream media ignorance, MSNBC, on a recent story about how the Catholic Church needs to change its position on contraception. In a story from Saturday, MSNBC once again attacks the …
We All Need to Keep Moving
I don't know much about the new pope yet, Pope Francis, but I like his first homily which he gave to the Cardinals. Of course it really doesn't matter what I think of the new pontiff, because if you believe in the process he was picked by a much higher authority than me. As I …
God Answered Me Now What
From a young age we are all told if we pray hard enough, God will answer our prayers. Here's the problem, no one ever told us what to do if He actually did. Here's the story, as I have mentioned, to some maybe too much, I was away from the Catholic Church for a long …
For the Right Reasons
It has been just about two years since I began my journey back to the Catholic Church after having been away for it and any other church for a long, long time. I have come a long way since then, but still have a long way to go. Today's Gospel reading is from Luke 15: …
A Waylaid Catholic
In yesterday's post I talked about whether or not we need God in our lives. Obviously I think we do as the evidence of us pushing Him away becomes more and more evident with each passing day. With that, I have a confession to make... I was part of the problem. You see I grew …
The Wayward Catholic 