Ordinary Old Catholic Me

Revive Us O Lord

On June 16, Catholics participated in the opening of a three year Eucharistic Revival. The Eucharist is the Source and Summit of Catholic Life, the real Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ, the Second Person of the Trinity. Somehow, that Centrality has become obscured to Catholics and so we haven't truly been the branches of the Vine, Jesus Christ, in the Modern World. We need to revive our understanding indeed!

Away from The World at Brede?

While having trouble with my streaing, I went back to an old DVD I love, about a woman who decides in mid-life to become a nun at a Benedictine Monastery. What a gem! Both the movie and the book it is based on. I want to share them both with you. 

More on the Man for All Seasons with Lou Karlin

The second part of a discussion with attorney Lou Karlin who has a passion for the stateman and Saint, Thomas More, who, through my discussion with Lou, provides lessons for our time. 

Lou Karlin Esq. sits down with Me to Talk about Saint Thomas More

One day Lou, who is a fellow parishioner, said that he was going to a conference on one of my faves, St. Thomas More. I asked if he'd consider sitting down with me and talking more about More. He happily said yes, and we finally got to do so. Today's podcast is part 1 and I hope you agree it was an wonderful discussion between two ordinary Catholics about a truly extraordinary one. 

Unmitigated Evil

I can't imagine that any of us are in a "good mood" after the murder of 19 children and 2 adults by an 18 year old man. Today's podcast is my way of processing it. 

I Still Don’t Get It

The shift from the Traditional Latin Mass to the Novus Ordo was something I experienced personally as a young Catholic. It might have been intended to be well crafted and something for which the laity was well prepared, but it was not, and after that the fallout was swift and it has continued to this day when our politicians now feel free to define what it means to be a Catholic. 
Some personal musings on the subject, including how I find myself being drawn more to Tradition as I watch the modernist trends grip both Church and a crumbling social structure.

I Just Gotta Talk about. . . Abortion.

Dicey subject indeed. Don't want to upset anyone, but then sometimes the truth requires upset. I am a Catholic and as such, I cannot help but feel that I have an obligation to speak about the Faith, things that simply do not change. But fair warning. . . .many will not agree. Including friends and family. 

Fr. Paul Donlan Speaks about the Rebirth and Growth of the Catholic Church through Families and Conversion Part 2

This is the second part of an interview with Fr. Paul Donlan of Opus Dei on the role of Family, Conversion (and Reversion) in the Rebirth of the Catholic Church. I felt a great sense of inspiration. I hope you do too!

Fr. Paul Donlan: The Rebirth and Growth of the Catholic Church By Family and Conversion Part I

In this first part of a two part interview with Fr. Paul Donlan, a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei, our spirits will be raised, I think, by his optimism about the undercurrent of growth of the Church by virtue of family life and conversions to the faith courtesy of the Holy Spirit!
 
 

You’re A Catholic, Right? How Come?

I find, alas, that I am usually at a loss to answer a question about why I am a Catholic with quick witted conciseness and comprehensiveness. Sometimes I am amazed that what I know I cannot convey well. No not amazed. Disappointed. But I keep trying, and then ultimately, I have to leave it to prayer, and God to bring people into the fold, the fullness of the Faith.