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January 2016

January 13, 2016

Are You Afflicted with Father Freelance?

One hears rumbles and grumbles from time to time about priests who think they know...

January 13, 2016

10 Reasons Why Catholics Don’t Evangelize

There are some very clear reasons why Catholics don't evangelize, and they are difficulties that...

January 12, 2016

A Memo from Hell

Memo: from: His Eminence, Thornblade, DMn President and Director of Communications Department of Infernal Security...

January 12, 2016

Understanding the Power of Prayer

My latest blog post for National Catholic Register discusses the inner dynamic of prayer: What...

January 12, 2016

New Anglican Schism = Old Protestantism

You remember the three "R's" of "Readin' Writin' and "Rithmatic"? Consider three "R's" that are...

January 10, 2016

Who Is Tom Bombadil?

My latest post for The Imaginative Conservative website asks who the mysterious character Tom Bombadil...

January 10, 2016

Ten Tricks of the Devil to Watch Out For

Satan is a snake. Remember that. He is a liar and the Father of Lies....

January 09, 2016

Can You Be a Happy Traddy?

An article by Steve Skojec has surfaced on social media in which he argues that...

January 09, 2016

When Action is the Only Argument

The crisis began when I realized that teenaged boys were looking at hard core pornography...

January 06, 2016

Epiphany Homily

My Sunday homilies from Our Lady of the Rosary Church are now available as podcasts...

January 03, 2016

Flagging and Flabby? Get Spiritually Fit

Here is my latest article for Aleteia which encourages us to get spiritually fit in...

January 03, 2016

Change? That Means Pain

My latest blog post for National Catholic Register looks at the pains that are necessary...

January 03, 2016

The Theological Theory of Indiana Jones

My article this week at The Imaginative Conservative website explicates the hidden meaning of the...

January 01, 2016

A New Year and A New Start for Humanity

My article on Mary Mother of God and New Year's Day is here at the...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

Hey Punk. Look New Year in the Eye

I am not really what they call a party animal and have never understood the...

December 30, 2015

What’s It Like Being a Married Catholic Priest?

I don't often mention my wife and family on this blog because the blog is...

December 30, 2015

Hypocrites and Heretics: Welcome to the Catholic Church!

One of the things that troubles me as a pastor and as a man trying...

December 29, 2015

Why I Converted to the Catholic Faith

I was brought up in a Protestant fundamentalist home. We saw all the different denominations,...

December 29, 2015

Archbishop Martyrs: Becket and Romero

Last summer during our pilgrimage to England we visited Canterbury. Saying Mass in the crypt...

December 28, 2015

The Infant of Prague – Warrior for Our Times

I have to admit that the Infant of Prague was one of those Catholic devotions...

December 28, 2015

The Slaughter of the Innocents Today

Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents and it is one of the most...

December 26, 2015

Anglican Priest Smears the Virgin Mary

Just when you thought the Anglicans couldn't stoop much lower, in a disgusting article published,...

December 25, 2015

Watching St Joseph

Gentlemen who are reading, for Christmas Day make it your point to meditate in the...

December 25, 2015

Have a Very English Christmas

My article at Imaginative Conservative for Christmas Day is a celebration of all thing British...

December 24, 2015

Once in Royal David’s City…

For two years as a young Anglican priest I had the privilege of serving as...

December 24, 2015

Ten Reasons Why Atheists Should Celebrate Christmas

Sometimes I hear Christians grumbling about atheists celebrating Christmas. So they're hypocrites. Big deal. Aren't...

December 23, 2015

God is With Us. Do Not Be Afraid

My latest blog post at National Catholic Register tries to calm you down in the...

December 23, 2015

What’s Wrong with Santa?

From the Christmas archives comes this article at the Imaginative Conservative in which I ask...

December 23, 2015

My Christmas Gift to Jesus

Every year my Baptist neighbor puts a sign in his front yard, "Keep Christ in...

December 22, 2015

Monsters and Monks in Star Wars

One of the riveting themes within the Star Wars saga is the existence of monasticism....

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