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I am beginning to wonder if there is something special about Thursdays: It seems that whenever I check Facebook and other social media on a Thursday, I often come across a bold, “let’s see if the Christians can answer ‘this one’” meme or post. And from there — now including today, Thursday, 07/01 — I…
This past weekend, I attended a hybrid (mix of Latin and English) Tridentine Mass at a large parish about 20 minutes from me – and one that has become increasingly popular because it offers both Tridentine and Novus Ordo Masses, as well frequent Rosaries, Eucharistic adorations, Spanish language Masses, and many ministries and social outreach…
Awhile back, in an earlier blog/video, I had mentioned I was mulling over creating rebuttal videos to criticisms against the Catholic Church and Christianity in general. At first, I hesitated about the idea – not because I don’t have any thoughts on the, well, disturbingly incorrect critiques traveling throughout the Internet, or that I am…
“Part of confronting the evil outside of us involves confronting the evil inside of us.” This quote is from Lila Rose during her appearance today on Matt Fradd’s YouTube channel, Pints with Aquinas. Lila is a fellow Catholic and author of the book, “Fighting for Life”, which explains how to use our wounded souls as…
In the blogs about my reversion to Catholicism, as well as in my series, “Dialoguing with Doubters”, I give an overview of my life as an outspoken, militant atheist. However, as an overview is just that – an overview – it is more than time that we go a bit deeper into this topic: that…
In what seems to be a never-ending battle these days between objective truth and subjective truth, and reality vs alternative realities, religion is now fully on the table of truth mongering, along with just about every other discourse out there. And as wonderful as this may sound to the world of subjective truth, the claim…
To start this Gospel reflection, I had originally planned on reiterating, yet again, the statistic that only 30% of Catholics believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist; and I believe that if we can align Catholics with understanding and accepting the Eucharist, it could solve many other matters throughout the Catholic Church…
In the 2008 documentary, “Religious”, Bill Maher, who is well known for his show “Real Time with Bill Maher”, embarks on journey – albeit a rather tongue-in-cheek one — throughout the US, the Holy Land, and the Vatican to get answers to questions that skeptics and seekers have been asking for centuries about Christian theology…
Like anyone else who spends some time in the social media world, I (unfortunately) get a daily dose of arguments about social issues – including, and no surprise, *religion*: you know, the hot button topic that is mostly a hot button topic because we adults need better training on how to debate hot button topics….
When I was 16 – in the days of VCRs, VHS tapes, movie rental stories, and sleepovers at my friends’ houses – one of my friends and I decided to rent a couple of movies one Friday night; and because we were both fairly good Catholic boys who, to our other friends’ surprise, enjoyed going…
