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Part II Below we continue to examine popular, but erroneous, beliefs people have about the Catholic Faith. The core teaching of Christianity is tolerance – not judging, just like Jesus said.  Why do we judge people who are homosexual?  Would Jesus do this? First, the core teachings of Christianity are as follows that Jesus isContinue reading “True Love Hurts”

Part I “There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.”  -Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen The Venerable Archbishop is well known for his observations that are as true today as they were when he said them overContinue reading “True Love Hurts”

Today people seem to have lost an understanding of objective truth.  The powers of the world around us are subtlety, and sometimes not so subtlety, nudging and pushing people to believe everything is subjective – that there is no objective truth.  This is nonsense, and it is important that we understand why. In examining truthContinue reading “What is Truth?”

One of the difficulties we have as Catholics is trying to explain our Faith to those outside the Catholic Church.  Why does the Church teach what it does about things like artificial birth control, same sex attraction or Communion to those who are not Catholic.  We get uncomfortable trying to explain these kind of thingsContinue reading “The Difficulty of Sharing the Faith”

“While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler’s house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?” But ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.”  And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James andContinue reading “Fear Not”

Authority has become a dirty word.  Anyone with authority is either lording it over the weak and innocent or answering for it’s neglectful misuse.  In America we question authority.  We usually don’t like authority, and often dislike those who have it over us. The problem is… we don’t understand what authority is. All authority comesContinue reading “The Secret of Authority”

Part II Shortly after my mom passed away I began to read and learn more about St. Gemma, but things really started happening on November 10, 2011. My wife and I were leading a pilgrimage to Rome with our friend Brian as our tour guide. On this sunny November day we took a day trip toContinue reading “St. Gemma Galgani”

Part I Note – Sorry there was no post on Tuesday of this week. I’m attempting to make up for this with a two part post today and tomorrow. St. Gemma Galgani is a lesser known saint who lived in Northern Italy from 1878 to her death in 1903.  When people get to know me, one ofContinue reading “St. Gemma Galgani”

Jesus’ parable of the Prodigal Son is one of the most well known of all the stories Jesus told, even though in only appears in St. Luke’s Gospel, chapter 15:11-32.  Often the story is explained from the view of the younger son, who’s the title character, the Prodigal Son.  But Jesus didn’t title the storyContinue reading “The Elder Son”

Jesus, the evening before He gave His life for us, celebrated the Passover with His best friends.  He fulfilled the promise of this ancient meal by transforming it into the very meal it had always forshadowed. The Passover in Egypt, where the blood of pure male lambs was spread on the lintel and door postsContinue reading “Whose Mass is this?”