Holy Water; Holy Salt; Blessed Sacramentals; First, Second, and Third Degree Relics; Lourdes Water; now add to the list, Holy Sand. Has the Church lost…
Birth of John the Baptist 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading Job 38:1, 8-11 [1] Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind,…
It is never safe to play it safe. To do God’s will in our lives takes faith, even the faith of a child. If we…
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading Ezek 17:22-24 [22] Thus saith the Lord God: I myself will take of the marrow of the high…
There is something about the Western mind that just cannot be content with mystery. Eastern Churches do this much better, but we Westerners need to…
My appeal would be, do not judge the Catholic Church too hastily. Stand back and get a little perspective before you draw your conclusions. The…
Today’s Office of Readings at divineoffice.org excerpt from a treatise on the Gospel of Saint Matthew by Saint Chromatius, bishop: If we fail to live…
OK, mop in hand. Now what? Start cleaning kids; know your limitations. How to clean–where can I start? Let’s start with ourselves. Can I will…
Corpus Christi First Reading Gen 3:9-15 And the Lord God called Adam, and said to him: Where art thou? [10] And he said: I heard…
Steve gave me a book yesterday, Exorcism and the Church Militant. As I began reading today, I immediately encountered this passage, subtitled The Authority of…
