A recent article on TownHall.com written by John Hawkins in which he outlines five signs that American society is degenerating. I agree with all five and can be all traced to one main cause. The five signs are as follows: Dependency Debt Decay in entertainment Politics Marriage When you read Hawkins' descriptions of these five, …
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Responsibility
In my last post I talked about choices. We all make choices, but that is only have the battle, because each choice has a consequence, a result. When we make bad choices, we get bad results. When we make good choices, we get good results. But what really matters is how we handle the consequences, do we …
Rocky Ground
Perhaps you have been wondered why I call myself the "Wayward Catholic". Perhaps you haven't. Either way you will now learn the answer. According to Merriam-Webster.com, Wayward is defined as 1: following one's own capricious, wanton, or depraved inclinations : ungovernable <a wayward child> 2: following no clear principle or law : unpredictable 3: opposite to what is desired or expected :untoward I subscribe mostly to the …
What’s A Catholic To Do
The conventions are over, we have our candidates for President and now, "What's a Catholic to do?" If we are to call ourselves "good Catholics" how can we in good conscience choose a candidate?And it is even worse when it comes to the senate race in Massachusetts. As I wrote in this article on Examiner.com …
Woe To Those Who Call Evil Good
Episcopalians will be meeting at their annual convention this week in Indianapolis, and one of the items on their agenda will be same-sex marriage. The question is whether or not they will adopt the blessing of these in their liturgy. When God called me back to the church, I gave a lot of thought to …
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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Nancy Pelosi: A Catholic’s Catholic, Not
Everybody's favorite "Catholic's Catholic" Nancy Pelosi is at it again. Being the true Catholic she does her religion on Sunday's in church. According to this in the Washington Examiner Pelosi said: "I do my religion on Sundays, in church, and I try to go other days of the week; I don't do it at this press …
Finally A Real Catholic Democrat
An open letter to Jo Ann Nardelli, former Democrat from Pennsylvania:Dear Mrs. Nardelli, Welcome. It is good to finally see someone from the Democratic side of the aisle who isn’t afraid to stand up for something she believes in, even if it means having to resign her position. More and more we see Catholic Democrats …
The War on Catholics Or Women Or Something
When you get to be my age is is so easy to get confused. Earlier this week 43 Catholic institutions filed 19 lawsuits in federal court to stop the HHS contraception mandate from going through. Didn't you see it on the mainstream media?Even though it is strictly a religious freedom issue, you would never know it. Instead …
The Land Of The Free, Unless You Are Catholic
Isn't it great that we live in a free country? We are free to do pretty much whatever we want, things like put up crosses with condoms hanging from them on out front lawns, advertising getting drunk, and well, all kinds of things.Well, it's free that is unless you are of the Catholic faith then …
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