Father Freelance One hears rumbles and grumbles from time to time about priests who think they know better than the church and treat the liturgy like a suggestion rather than a script. You know the sort of priest who feels that he has to improve the language of the liturgy by "making it more [...]
There are some very clear reasons why Catholics don't evangelize, and they are difficulties that run right to the foundation of our understanding and practice of the faith.
Memo: from: His Eminence, Thornblade, DMn President and Director of Communications Department of Infernal Security Re-Education Division to: Heads of Department - Bowelbages University CONFIDENTIAL Diabolical Doctors, It has come to our attention that there has been a dangerous lapse in security. Our surveillance systems have been compromised, and transcripts of lectures and conversations have [...]
My latest blog post for National Catholic Register discusses the inner dynamic of prayer: What is it and why does it work? When we pray for specific things we are putting it all into God’s hands. We may say, “Give us this day our daily bread” but we also say, “Thy will be done on earth [...]
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby You remember the three "R's" of "Readin' Writin' and "Rithmatic"? Consider three "R's" that are tearing apart global Anglicanism: Relevance, Relativism and Revolution. Edward Pentin writes here about the formal schism that faces the worldwide Anglican Communion. To put it briefly, the modernists in the Anglican Church are facing [...]
My latest post for The Imaginative Conservative website asks who the mysterious character Tom Bombadil from Lord of the Rings is supposed to be or represent... One of the mysteries of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is the character of Tom Bombadil. Who is this odd, hill-leaping, silly-song-singing, farmer in the dell? Is this cavorting, yellow-booted bumpkin [...]
Image Creative Commons Wikkipedia Satan is a snake. Remember that. He is a liar and the Father of Lies. He is at work in your life trying to tempt you into sin and to draw you away from God, but he is also at work in the world, trying to deceive you, confuse you. [...]
An article by Steve Skojec has surfaced on social media in which he argues that traditionalist Catholics need to be happy, joyful folks so that everyone realizes what a great treasure they have in the Tridentine Mass. He criticizes traditionalist Catholics of an extreme sort, explaining what it was like when he started to attend the [...]
The crisis began when I realized that teenaged boys were looking at hard core pornography on their cell phones. It continued when I read that most Christian young people don't get the argument against same sex marriage. The crisis got worse when I realized that a majority of American Catholics don't actually believe the basics of [...]
My Sunday homilies from Our Lady of the Rosary Church are now available as podcasts online for you to download listen and share. Go here for Sunday's homily for the Feast of the Epiphany which explains who the wise men were historically and reminds us of the gifts they (and we) bring to the Christ child.