Friday, October 30, 2015

Precepts of The Church Part 2: Mass and Holy Days of Obligation

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   The first precept of the Church has to do with Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation; namely the participation in Mass on these days. ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

The Precepts of the Church: Introduction

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These precepts are an answer to the question of what does it mean to be a Catholic in good standing.  These precepts are th...
Saturday, October 24, 2015

Lord, I Want To See...Maybe

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The Gospel for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B, is St. Mark's account of the healing of Bartimaeus.  Bartimaeus is a blind m...
Friday, October 23, 2015

Yeah, I skipped Sunday Mass! So What?

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In the United States, Mass attendance has been falling steadily over the last several decades, from 75 percent to 42 percent http://www.gall...
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Sunday, September 20, 2015

Prayer in the Family and Recognizing the 5 Stages of Conversion

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The Church defines the family as the domestic church.  It is the place in which the first witnessing of the faith by word and deed take plac...

The New Evangelization and the Family

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Before we really get into the topic, let’s define a term first. Evangelization.  What is it?  Evangelization is the making known of the Gosp...
Saturday, January 10, 2015

A religion or a relationship?

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One of things that priests do often is celebrations with families at key moments of their lives: baptisms, weddings, funerals for example.  ...