The Reconverted Catholic

When I was 11, in the sixth grade, my classmates and I attended a school function called an “assembly.” Except as sixth graders, anytime we had an assembly, we interpreted that as an extra recess, as it was usually the chance to congregate with our best friends in the school auditorium, while we giggled and goofed…

In my last blog, “Is Christ Truly Your King?”, and based on a recommended homily by Bishop Robert Barron, I gave a direct, blunt, unflinching perspective on what it means to be a true Christian and accept Christ as your king in *all* areas of life. If you became uncomfortable while listening to me, or…

As it has yet again been awhile since I last posted a Gospel Reflection – and because this past Sunday, November 21, was the feast of Christ the King, as well as the last Sunday in ordinary time for the Liturgy – what better time to prepare for Advent than to glorify the entire reason…

St. Augustine: “Right is right, even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it”. Discussion over — right? I sure wish that were the case. Yet here we are,1600 years after St. Augustine uttered those words, still fighting about right versus wrong. Sometimes, I don’t know whether to…

Since starting this channel in February this year, I have been wracking my brain about, well, the brain. That is, having spent several years, at a slow pace, finishing an M.S. Psychology degree (emphasizing on the biology behind psychology), I have wanted to make a video, or a series, or something that bridges psychology with…

Over the past few months, a Catholic gentleman, who has been struggling with doubts about Catholicism, has been dialoguing with me occasionally to work through questions and journey as a seeker of truth. Recently, he posed this concern / challenge to me: “I understand that, yes, we can rationally come to the conclusion that God…

I imagine that most of you reading this blog post have heard the expression: “<fill in the blank> is the gift that keeps on giving.” According to YourDictionary.com, that expression is about a century old now; and it mostly like traces back to ads run by Victor-Radio, the company that had built and popularized phonographs…

In recent years, I have been on a non-stop journey to grow more in communion with God, to live out my Catholic faith as Christ has instructed, and to keep God’s grace and my salvation at the forefront of how I navigate all areas of my life. At the core of my navigating this amazingly…

“If we are not servants of the King, we are slaves of the prince of this world” ~Clem Howard. The above quote is from the video I am recommending in this blog. As soon as I had first heard this quote, I knew it must stand out – it must be emphasized.    Why? Because…

Having recently stumbled across a book called, The Apostacy that Wasn’t, by Catholic theologian, Rod Bennett; and having also watched a couple of YouTube videos in which Bennett goes into detail about this book, I think the timing of discovering this couldn’t have been much better. That is, over the past couple of months, some…