Growing up Baptist, the phrase “living the Gospel” had a very specific meaning. It meant showing up to church every time the doors were open. It meant attending every Church function. It meant never missing a Sunday School class, bible study, or devotional. It meant socializing with only other Baptists. It meant only reading Christian … [Read more…]
What I’m going to say doesn’t get said enough. But, as the title of this blog suggests, I do think more people need to hear it, so that at the very least, it might bring them some comfort to know they’re not alone, so here it is: Some days I wake up and question everything I … [Read more…]
Trust the Pope. That’s all any Catholic needs to do about this situation. No more speculating about Francis’ completely made up “liberal agenda” or some other conspiracy, heretical nonsense. He’s the Pope. We’re the laity. Trust the Holy Spirit’s guidance. On another note, it would do the laity a massive amount of good to stop … [Read more…]
In June of this year, the largest Presbyterian denomination in America voted to allow their clergy to perform same-sex “marriages” within the church, thus joining the ranks of other Protestant denominations, such as the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Episcopalian Church, and United Church of Christ. This “evolution” of theology and “modernizing” of church doctrine is a … [Read more…]
Any long time followers of this blog should be pretty familiar with my pro-life stance and how it reaches far beyond just opposing abortion. To call oneself pro-life means to see the dignity and sanctity in all life from conception to natural death. For me, and many Catholics, part of this manifests itself in an … [Read more…]
Though we are one, Holy, and apostolic Catholic Church, we still have our own internal spats. Arguments about this doctrine or that discipline can be found in every spectrum of the Catholic blogosphere. While a great many disputes can be settled by simply referring to the Catechism, there still exist some rifts between the Church … [Read more…]
I’ve personally never had a difficult time believing in God, and for that I consider myself blessed. Even in the particularly difficult times of my life, times when God felt eons away, I have never been able to simply relinquish my faith in His existence. For me, it’s all too reasonable. Yet, for so many, … [Read more…]
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece dealing with the current trend of Catholic laity calling for certain politicians and public figures to be denied the Eucharist. I took a stance against this action, citing that by doing so we encroach on the territory of Church authority. I received a great deal of supportive … [Read more…]
I hear a lot of talk these days from laymen and women in the Catholic blogosphere who would like to see the Eucharist withheld from certain politicians because of their stance on certain social issues. I won’t disagree that many politicians who claim to follow the Catholic faith are guilty of promoting ideas and actions … [Read more…]
Whenever a Catholic debates the Faith with a non-Catholic — Christian or atheist — the very first argument that often gets brought up is that Catholic teaching contradicts the Scriptures. “Catholics believe (X), but (X) isn’t in the Bible” First off, let me put this out there and get it over with — Catholics do … [Read more…]