My latest article for CRUX explores the "Benedict Option" Is it time to head for the hills? That’s what St Benedict did. By the end of the fifth century the great Roman Empire had completely collapsed. The center of government had moved to Constantinople. The Vandals and Goths had sacked Rome, and the church and people [...]
The symptoms of the Marriage Mess are sexual confusion, the breakdown of the family unit, lack of social cohesion, breakdown of traditional morality and subsequent sexual anarchy and chaos.
In the wake of yesterday's publication of Amoris Laetitia allow me to weigh in with a parish priest's perspective. In the midst of a busy day in the parish I didn't actually have time to read the exhortation. Neither did I have time last night or this morning. However, I have read some of the online commentary, and [...]
Here is an excerpt from my book The Quest for the Creed about the resurrection of the Body... Any school child that thinks about the resurrection of the body soon starts asking delightfully gruesome questions. After all, if they’ve ever seen a cat hit by a car, then been to a funeral and seen Uncle Mitch in [...]
Our separated brothers and sisters often wonder why we Catholics venerate Mary as we do. They protest that the Marian Dogmas are not found in Scripture. But they are. We simply have to read the Scriptures with Catholic eyes and understand the Jewish context of the Scriptures to see how the Catholic beliefs about Mary are [...]
I've always thought it a special grace to think that the doubting disciple is featured as a key player in the gospel for the Sunday after Easter. It is as if the whole church is saying, "See Thomas? It is okay to doubt." But let me qualify that. It is okay to have difficulties. Bl John [...]
Yesterday here in Greenville, South Carolina we had a mini-pilgrimage for Divine Mercy Sunday. About 300 Catholics met to walk along Greenville's Swamp Rabbit trail from County Hall to St Mary's Church where our local Jubilee Holy Door is located. About another 200 people were gathered at the church. Here's a picture of the procession. When [...]
For those who are interested in the recent conflict with the editor and staff of The Remnant, I would like to clarify matters. Some time ago I wrote this article which discussed ten traits of fundamentalists. I was very clear in the opening paragraphs that this was not about all traditionalists, but about a tendency among a [...]
[youtube]https://youtu.be/x8H6dY8bGH0[/youtube] Check out this video of the progress of the new Our Lady of the Rosary Church Go here to learn more.
Some years ago I went to a seminar about relationships. The speaker's mantra was, "Avoid the drains." By "drains" he meant a certain type of negative person in your life. A "drain" is a person who, like a drain, sucks you into a downward spiral. A drain sucks you dry. A drain leaves you empty. A [...]