New Spiritual Reads for Lent 2022
While Lent is still a whole month away (Ash Wednesday is March 2, 2022), ongoing supply-chain and shipping issues mean planning ahead is a good idea. This year I've had the chance to preview four new resources: one family prayer and activity booklet, one guided prayer...
The Holy Rosary – Prayers of Love
“When lovers are together, they spend hours and hours repeating the same thing: I love you! What is missing in the people who think the Rosary monotonous, is Love.” Sister Lucia of Fatima I have been a Catholic for my entire life, but it is only in the last 35 or so...
Do NOT get a Tattoo – 23 Good Reasons WHY
If you want to create a stir in Catholic circles, just bring up one of three topics: the practice of yoga the Harry Potter series or tattoos! Really, it's a done deal, throw those topics into the mix and you will get a heated debate going on either side. It's...
The Church Loves You, Single Women!
The Church loves you, single people! Why am I making this statement of the obvious? Perhaps because it’s not so obvious. Many single adults feel disenfranchised, neglected, even ignored in the Catholic Church. Why do they feel this way? Because so many groups,...
Quarantine – Blessing or a Curse?
What do you think about being forced to stay at home? A curse or a blessing? In the Gospel passage John 3:7-15, Jesus speaks with a certain man called Nicodemus and Jesus invites him to be 'born again' in spirit and explains why this is necessary. What on earth does...
The Unexpected Hour
Another year has almost gone and here we are again. Advent. The season of waiting. The season of expectation. From the first Sunday of Advent we are told to “keep awake” for we do not know when the Lord is coming. We need to prepare ourselves for the coming of that...
Should Catholics Criticize The Pope?
While the past three or four Popes were disliked mainly by people on the left, who wanted the Church to “move with the times”, Pope Francis has drawn the ire of conservative Catholics who fear that he is opening up the very possibilities that liberals were hoping for,...
Take This 10-Point Gossip Test and Never Gossip Again
No one wants to be known as a gossip, yet who among us has never gossiped? It's tempting. It is so tempting in fact, that we can convince ourselves that we were not really gossiping. Take the gossip test below to determine if you qualify as a gossip. If you answer...
Sorrow, Mercy, Grace and Speeding
I was driving merrily along a highway that I really like because of its picturesque nature and the way it winds through valleys, hills, past rivers and lakes, through quaint little towns. Suddenly I noticed a black car ahead on my right, parked in an unused...
What are you waiting for?
Our Parish just started its Lenten Mission with a focus on the Eucharist. Along with a talk on the topic of the Real Presence, we had an hour and a half of Adoration (including procession of the Blessed Sacrament to each of the participants), together with praise and...