Those of my friends that have entered into sincere dialogue with me about the Catholic Church get close and begin to shudder in fear, like…
Heaven should be open to all of us. I’m not speaking of some fantastic experience or wonder, as much as a knowing, a seeing, a…
Sometimes when I talk to protestants, I feel like Oliver Twist sticking out his bowl and asking, “Please, sir, can I have more?” I’m hungry!…
For God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten Son…who made Himself a perfect sacrifice, that through the cross, our sins may be redeemed. This is the beginning and the end of the Christian life, but we were originally created to be more than we are now.
Over the last two decades I have been a collector of sin in various ways, only this time around much of the sin was not my own, but the sin of others. Like an accumulation of pain and heartbreak. From disappointments to private isolation, from betrayals to rejections.
For a Catholic convert, many challenges and obstacles inevitably arise. Some are predictable, like the protestant pastor who must lay down his calling, or the life-long Christian who is now out-of-step with family and friends. Others suddenly appear just when the road to Rome seems clear. For me, RCIA was one of those obstacles.
As I look around me, I see people of varying levels and degrees of faith. I know very few, if any, atheists. But I see…
I have heard a great deal of strangeness as a Catholic–in the local Catholic colleges, my local parish, even the diocesan office–that has been bewildering. …
I am bowed down with many temptations and evil deeds, and with soul and body I bow down to thee O pure one, and ceaselessly…
OK, everyone, why all the pain, tragedy after tragedy, disappointment after disappointment? Why do so many lives sound like a country song? I’ve shared my…
