The Road To Kingdom Come

Ever have one of those days? You know the kind. When you can tell within an hour that things are not going to go well. Today is one of those days.
I had a “disagreement” with my wife. The details aren’t important but suffice it to say that things weren’t pretty when I left the house [...]

I just visited another Catholic blog at Contemplative Haven. The blog owner had posted some observations about making an effort to spend more time in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. I was struck by her comments because they were very consistent with my own feelings about praying before the exposed Eucharist. It then occurred [...]

So there I go blathering on about the lack of preaching on Pope Benedict’s encyclical and, sure enough, it comes right back at me. About 90 minutes after writing that post (the one prior to this one) I went to Mass with my wife and daughter. The celebrant, our pastor, indicated that he was going [...]

I have read just a little about the first encyclical by Pope Benedict XVI. Titled “God Is Love” the encyclical speaks to the meaning of love in salvation history and love as practiced by the Church. There is a summary of the Pope’s encyclical the Catholic News Service website. The encyclical itself can be read [...]

This morning I received a comment from Penni at Martha, Martha. It was the first comment anyone has left on my blog and I was excited and intimidated by the prospect of someone else reading what I have written. It suddenly occurred to me that maybe blogging is not purely an exercise in self-indulgence for [...]

I really don’t like to comment or get involved too much in politics. It seems that there are only two points of view and all that ever happens is one side tries to humiliate the other side. It is unproductive and terribly frustrating to observe. However, I have become increasingly disturbed by the Christian right’s [...]

I am pleased to announce that I have been welcomed into the ranks of the Amateur Catholic bloggers as designated by the Amateur Catholic blog. I am now a member of the B-Team, as the group is affectionately known.
What I really enjoy about this site is the presence of so many other Catholic bloggers. It [...]