![Your own Kind](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/08/madonna-and-child-470x140.jpg)
Do you recognize your own kind? To reject Mary is to reject heaven. People think in terms of dogma or doctrine as if it were…
![Clarity 5](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/08/musical_wallpaper_of_a_disco_party_with_orange_beams_flying_out_of_speakers_at_dancing_girl_silhouettes.1920x1200.bbbf87d5-470x140.jpg)
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. …
![Idolatry, Apostasy, or Farce](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/08/Consecration-335x140.jpg)
No blinders. No closing of the eyes. Let us look straight into reality and draw our conclusion. Church history is no prettier than the average…
![My Separated Brethren, don’t be afraid](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/07/peter_walking_on_water-470x140.jpg)
Fear causes us to retreat into a place of comfort. Humans are fallible and we are slow to trust anyone. The frightening thing in all…