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July 2012

July 06, 2012

I Wanna See a Miracle!

An interesting story has popped up about miracles taking place in India. I've heard church...

July 05, 2012

Healing through the Divine Mercy

I know what your problem is. In fact, I know what everyone's problem is. Furthermore,...

June 2012

June 20, 2012

Pride, Prejudice and Rational Religion

In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Caroline says to Mr Bingley, I should like balls...

June 19, 2012

Suicide or Catholicism?

Evelyn Waugh has been mis quoted as saying, "There are only two choices: suicide or...

June 18, 2012

The Eternal Mass

Am I getting older or is the news getting worse? All around the world seems...

June 17, 2012

C of E — Church of Everybody?

One of the jokes when I was a member of the Church of England was...

June 15, 2012

Sacred Heart of Jesus — Tough Love

It took me a while to appreciate the Sacred Heart of Jesus devotion. To tell...

June 14, 2012

Nuns on the Run

When I was at Bob Jones University I can remember a demure undergraduate who was...

June 11, 2012

The “Real Presence”–A Flexible Friend

Yesterday at Mass for Corpus Christi I spoke about the real presence of the Body,...

June 08, 2012

Should You Punch a Heretic?

The Protestants in Greenville got together with the Catholics for today's Stand Up for Religious...

June 02, 2012

What’s Your Poison?

I have a friend who is an alcoholic. He says, "I have an addictive personality.That's...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

Do You Believe in Fairies?

You may remember that episode in Peter Pan when Tinkerbell is about to perish and...

May 29, 2012

Rapture or Rupture?

A year after Rev Harold Camping's followers messed up on doomsday and the rapture didn't...

May 22, 2012

Abortion, Cannibalism and Black Magic

What does abortion have to do with witchcraft and black magic? Everything. Today human fetuses...

May 22, 2012

Understanding Infallibility

There's a delicious scene in Brideshead Re-visited where the spiritually illiterate Rex Mottram is being...

May 20, 2012

Snake Handlers and the Holy Father

Who are the "snake handlers" and where do they come from? "Snake handlers" are a...

May 19, 2012

I’ll Fly Away Oh Glory!

Those who like fairy tales should love the story of the Ascension of Jesus Christ...

May 19, 2012

A Jar, a Torch and a Sword for the Lord

I have always loved the second epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians. His vulnerability,...

May 19, 2012

Sorrowful Mother and Co-Redeemer?

There are very few Catholic titles for the Blessed Virgin Mary more likely to get...

May 16, 2012

Did Jesus Have Brothers and Sisters?

I was brought up as an Evangelical fundamentalist Christian and when we read the verses...

May 11, 2012

Mary Queen of Heaven: The Bible Tells Me So

Calling Mary the "Queen of Heaven" seems to most non-Catholics a title too far. How...

May 10, 2012

A Little Lesson in Moral Theology

I am no moral theologian, but I understand some basics, and if more people understood...

May 10, 2012

Mother of God in the Month of May

Having a sandwich with my buddy--a former Baptist--when we were discussing the Mother of God....

May 10, 2012

The Sin of Sodom

Where does the word "Sodomy" come from and what does it mean? The word refers...

May 09, 2012

Divine Mercy–Light in the Darkness

Recently I have been increasingly drawn to the Divine Mercy devotion. At the Catholic leadership...

May 09, 2012

My Conversion Story

Is now posted at the Why I'm Catholic website. Go here. You can also read...

May 08, 2012

Immaculata: from the Head to the Heart

It is often said that the longest journey is from the head to the heart....

May 04, 2012

Immaculate Deception?

I had been on the path to becoming a Catholic for nearly twenty years. Coming...

May 03, 2012

Do Catholics Have a Personal Relationship With Jesus?

In the combox a reader asks, Father, regarding your reference to the “personal relationship with...

May 02, 2012

Beam Down Athanasius

Today we celebrate St Athanasius, and can somebody beam him down? The place is crawling...

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