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Tag: Catholicism
Catholicism Crisis: The Immigration Debate
I'm having a Catholicism Crisis. What is a Catholicism Crisis? I define it as being torn between what the Catholic Church teaches and what I believe. At one time my whole life was a Catholicism Crisis, after all, I came from that post-Vatican II era when catechizing was almost non-existent and attitudes about many Catholic …
What Kind of Catholic Are You
Anyone who has followed this blog for some time will know that I am a freedom of speech and freedom of religion kind of guy. I believe that the United States Constitution is the second most important document ever written. The first being the Bible. Because of this I believe everyone has the right to …
Thou Shall Not Censure
In my last post, I talked about the "Lost Books of the Bible". I briefly mentioned that there were many theories regarding why these books were left out of the accepted Bible. Most of these theories seem to point out to a specific agenda of the early Christians to make the bible say what they …
Lost but not Forgotten
When I first began this wonderful journey back to God, one of the first things I decided to do was to not only read the bible but also to determine if it is real. There are many who claim that it is a myth and that it was written in order to somehow control the world. …
The Lord is My Shephard
One of the readings at Mass Sunday was Psalm 23. This psalm is mostly known from being read at funerals. Depending on the particular bible translation you use, the NABRE used at Mass reads differently than the RSVCE. The difference is verse 4: Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death …
Either You Are Catholic or You Are Not
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 …
I’ll Sing You a Song
While at Mass today I was thinking about how many people learned to sing at church. Now, I am not talking about singing well, but at least where you can somewhat read the music for the Hymns and follow along, knowing about how long to hold a note or whether you need to sing higher or …
They Just Don’t Get It
While working on something else today, I came across an article, written right after Pope Francis became Pope, and it is a perfect example of how people, especially Americans just don't get the Catholic faith. The article was written for Yahoo! Voices, and the author bemoans the fact that the new pope is the same …
Abortion for the Common Good
If you follow politics, you'll often hear the phrase, "the Common Good". This is most often heard from those on the Progressive Left, who love to enact programs and laws which they claim are for the "Common Good". It never seems to amaze me that a group who actively seeks to remove God and all …
The Wayward Catholic 