Most of know ways to avoid something we do not like. Few of us recognize how easily we do it. Did you know that you can avoid confessing...

Everyone knows someone who just cannot stop talking (yes, that is OK if you thought of me first!). At times they say a lot of words, but...

Yes, there are a number of books out there about this subject. I do not intend to keep you from them (read as much as is helpful to your...

I want to ask a simple question. Please think it through completely. Who is more faithful to Vatican II: the priest who seeks to...

This is not original to me; I came across it a number of years ago when I was struggling with the idea of converting to Catholicism. It...

It was cold and rainy last night, and I had no one attend Mass. Before you go and begin to feel sorry for me, stop. This happens once in...

A couple Sundays ago in Mass I made a mistake. I missed a genuflection at one point (likely a leftover from my years of saying the...

One of the recent readings in the Daily Office lectionary was from Malachi chapter 1. I like all the Old Testament Prophets, but Malachi...

"The Church is spread throughout the whole world: all nations have the Church. Let no one deceive you; it is true, it is the Catholic...

We are called to work and bring order to this fallen world. That is a basic Catholic principle that shows up in various ways and various...

I read an article the other day; for the sake of proper manners (and also to protect the guilty) I will not mention the name of the...

I watched the old movie "Shane" recently, and there was a fantastic line at one point. Shane is speaking to Marion about guns. He says:...

Most of you have probably heard what Pope Benedict XVI said about his funeral before he passed. The man who is the United States...

Husband: This is not a democracy; I have to make the final decision. Wife: Yes dear. Here is my advice... (later) Husband: You can do...

Nothing is more terrifying to a pagan than to know that God is active in his life. Nothing is more encouraging to a Catholic than to know...

Someone asked me the other day what might be the saddest question I have ever heard as a Priest. "How does a layman know whether a Novus...

Everyone has a calling before God. Some find that calling (through repentance and holiness) and others do not (usually because of pride...

“We've had enough exhortations to be silent. Cry out with a thousand tongues -- I see the world is rotten because of silence.” ― St....

I remember once buying an old freezer. This would have been around 1998. The freezer was made around 1965. It purred like a kitten, was...

Another issue on "which Catholic Church?" is what we can consider to be the rippling effects of the "rewrite" that some modernists wish...