We Are the Church Militant and Must Act That Way
We are the Church Militant. We are not called to be a snowflake faithful. We began on a bloody cross. We are founded on the blood of martyrs. Our saints have en...
Category: Being Catholic
To Be a Sinner
Every Christian has been and continues to be a sinner. Saints are sinners. Have you stopped lying? Have you stopped judging? Have you stopped murdering, even wi...
Jesus Shares Your Suffering
Jesus, see my suffering! Please heal me! Please take away the pain! In his response to your prayer, God sometimes relieves your suffering. But He always joins y...
12 Mystical Places We Visit at Mass: #3 – Cana
At church, we have come to Bethlehem. We have sat with Jesus, listening and learning in the the synagogue at Nazareth. When we look up, we are at a wedding. The...
12 Mystical Places We Visit at Mass: #1 – Bethlehem
There are 12 mystical places we visit at mass. How is this possible? A Catholic Church is a holy place. It is a living and breathing house built by humans and s...
The Sign of the Cross is a Thing to Behold
The Sign of the Cross. There is an old story about a civil war general who returned to camp with his soldiers too late to have received the password for the nig...
Covered or Filled by the Blood of Christ?
I prefer not to be covered by the Blood of Christ, like God’s priests in the Temple, and the people they sprinkled with the blood of sacrificed lambs. God calle...
