Ordinary Old Catholic Me

Remembering Those Who Have Passed Through These Pews

We are in the month of remembering those who have died. I have been thinking of all those people that have passed through the pews of my parish in the last nearly 40 years of my attendance. Hard to believe indeed. So many souls. We must pray for them. As we hope we will receive prayers when we are only memories to the next generation of our respective parishes. 

A Foretaste of My (Potential) Future

If we are fortunate, we will reach an old age. But that comes with its own sufferings for which we need to prepare, practically and spiritually. As someone who spends considerable time with the generation just ahead of me, I know that I have a lot of work to do spiritually, assuming I make it to their good age. 

Down the Ladder of Perfection

A personal experience of a failure to stand up for the teachings of the Church. I didn't. Should I have?

How You Doin’?

Some thoughts on my progression in a daily Holy Hour. How are you doing in your prayer life?

Those Essential Glimpses of Paradise

A gloomy mood was transformed when I considered how often the Lord provides us glimpses of Paradise.

The Rattle of Sobering Thoughts

Some thoughts about currents events in the Church this week that are weighing on me.

The Model

I am always in search of a prayer model and now I am I'm search of one who can help me do a more profitable Holy Hour. Her name is....More.

The Model

I am always in search of a prayer model and now I am I'm search of one who can help me do a more profitable Holy Hour. Her name is....More.

Vin Scully, A Man of Faith and Baseball

A conversation with my long time friend and baseball fan Len Klatt in honor of the late great Dodger broadcaster whose life modeled the intersection of his Catholic faith and the great American pastime.

The State of My State

More on the struggle to get close to Our Lord for this Ordinary Catholic. What's your struggle?