We are in the middle of the “Fortnight of Religious Freedom” which will end July 4th. Have you ever wondered how we allowed ourselves to even get to a position where we would have to be worried about losing our religious liberty? There isn’t a simple answer, there are many factors but one of them, …
Sunday Reflection: Making Time for God
How many of us make time for God? How much time do we make? Do you have to make time or does it just come naturally?These are some of the things I have been thinking about this week. I think it's becasue I haven't spent that much time with God this week. I'm not sure …
Progressive Logic: It’s For The Children
There is a line in the classic Broadway musical “The Music Man” which sums up the logic of the progressive movement. It is when Professor Harold Hill is trying to convince the townspeople why they need a boy’s band/ “We’ve got to protect the children!” Once again we are being told about how laws banning …
Religious Liberty and Secular Thinking
Thursday begins the “Fortnight for Freedom” which is a two week event organized to spread information on the threat to our religious liberty through prayer, catechesis and public action. It is being organized by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Of course the secular media is claiming it is all about politics – …
Sunday Reflection: Confessing Our Sins
For the last two weeks I have been thinking about going to confession. This is something I haven’t done for about forty years. Why now? Why not?As I have written before I truly believe that God talks to me, no I am not hearing voices, but He talks to me in different ways. He talks …
You Think It’s Easy Being A Tea Party Catholic?
When I first became affiliated with the tea party movement I was pretty much prepared for the, let's say resistance, I would receive for my views, but never would I have expected the push back I would receive when I came out as a Catholic as well. Being Catholic and a tea party member are quite similar. People …
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HHS Mandate: Public Commenting
As citizens of the United States of America, we all have the chance to comment on legislation. As I hope you are all aware, there Obama administration is dilegently working to take away of Frist Amendment right to religious freedom. They have proposed a mandate as part of Obamacare which will require all religious institutions to provide free …
Lance, Lance, Lance, I’m So Dissapointed
I have never liked or used the term "hero" in my life. Any time you put someone on a pedestal like that there is a chance they just might fall off. Such is the case this week with Lance Armstrong. Armstrong won the Tour De France, arguably the world's premiere bicycle race more that any other racer in …
Washing Your Mouth Out With Soap No Longer Works
This week in Middleborough, Massachusetts, voters at the Town Meeting adopted a bylaw which will impose a fine on anyone using foul language in public. The bylaw was proposed by the town’s Police Chief, Bruce Gates. One has to wonder if this could be considered a violation of the First Amendment. The fine, which is …
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A Massachusetts Judge – Really?
As a resident of Massachusetts, I am used to dealing with liberal judges and courts which is why it is quite a surprise when the "Good Guys" win one. This is exactly what happened on Friday though, when a Superior Court Judge, S. Jane Haggerty, ruled that the words "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, …
The Wayward Catholic 