Stranger in a Strange Land

My position on the times we live in is that is that there are far and few people that have solid consistent belief systems that are ground...

The purpose of my writings here in this blog has been to express my thoughts, hopes and dreams about my Catholic faith and doing so in my ...

I believe in getting to the point. I also believe that there are matters that are important in the hierarchy of  life. Things that matte...

Before you get to criticizing what I am about to write with words like, "whiny," "ungrateful," "selfish," ...

                                                                               I've studied the spiritual life, looked at my relation...

I haven't written a post in this blog since last April when Pope Benedict XVI decided to step down and the conclave had started. Many ...

VATICAN CITY — The identity of the new pope fuels enormous anticipation, but the next most breathlessly discussed topic here has been when t...

Cardinal Angelo Scola - Milan Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez - Honduras Cardinal Leonardi Sandri - Argentina Cardinal Mark Ouellet -...

Vatican Raises Possibility of Early March Conclave By Nicole Winnfield Associated Press      AP Photo Alessandra Ta...

N ow that the shock has run its course on Pope Benedict's resignation as the Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Christ. Here are some of my t...

Third Tuesday CHRIST is TRULY OUR REDEEMER You were redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undefile...

Third Week in Lent Sunday IT IS THE PASSION OF CHRIST THAT HAS FREED US FROM SIN He hath loved us and washed us from our sins in his own...

HOW ARE WE TO SERVE GOD ? 1. We must serve God both by external acts and by internal acts. We are possessed of a double nature, we are i...

THE WORSHIP DUE TO GOD Thou shalt not have strange Gods before me. Exodus 20:3 . We are forbidden to worship any but the one God, and t...

OUR WATCH MUST BE CEASELESS But this know ye, that if the good man of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would certainl...

THE NEED TO BE WATCHFUL Watch ye therefore because you know not what hour your Lord will come . Matthew 24:42. 1. Our Lord warns us to b...

THE REMEMBRANCE OF OUR LORD’S PASSION Think diligently upon him that endured such opposition from sinners against himself ; that you be n...

GOODNESS OF GOD He that spared not even his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how has he not also, with him, given us all things ...

THE SEED The Sower went out to sow his seed . Luke 8:4. 1. The keenness of the sower . It is Christ who goes forth, and in three ways. H...

ON REFORMING OURSELVES Be not conformed to this world, but be reformed in the newness of your mind, that you may prove what is the good, ...

THE NEED FOR CAUTION Wherefore he that thinks himself to stand, let him take heed lest he fall. 1 Corinthians 12:1. 1.The case of the J...

THE REWARD Every man shall receive his own reward, according to his own labor . 1Corinthinians 3:8. 1. This reward is at once common t...

GOOD WORKS If any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stoves, wood, hay, stubble, every man’s work shall be manifest ....

THE PRAYER OF OUR LORD IN THE GARDEN 1. And going a little further He fell upon his face, praying and saying : My Father. (Matthew 27:39)...