FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND :  I f a therapy doens't help you feel better we think its not working.  In contemplation, the p...

T he above phrase roughly translates, "The abuse of anything does not abrogate the lawful use thereof."  And after the word ...

I was reading a book yesterday in which a mother was lamenting the fact that her child had to learn everything from scratch.   Man has be...

“ W here you see a red rose bush, there was a Jesuit told to lay down on the ground on his chest before he was executed.”   I...

T here are 6.6 million Catholics in the United States.   There are approximately 38,000 priests.   Some of that number of priests includ...

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND :  " D eath in our day is having its belated due.  it is slipping out from under denials and di...

T his past Sunday was Priesthood Sunday.  It started off rather marvelously with one of St. Sebastian's own being ordained to the trans...

Dei Verbum first part of paragraph 25   V ery often people who have cooled to the faith return when they have children.   This is a ...

“Be careful of the shower.   We call her the Widow Maker.”   This was part of the welcoming talk.   They don’t have hot water tanks as w...

W e hit the city of San Salvador after an hour or so and encountered traffic driving patterns that I haven’t seen since my last strip to...

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND :  " W hat is is the great teacher."  from Richard Rohr's, "Everything Beloved...

N o comics today.   Sorry.   But I will continue a little more about the trip to El Salvador.     As we were coming in for a l...

Paragraph 24 of Dei Verbum   I f you want a good plant, start with good soil and good seeds.   If these are not in place all sorts of ...

“ B uenos dias” said the man with a broad smile wearing a security guard uniform and having a sawed off shotgun over his shoulder.   He ...

T here is a lot of discussion about how boring certain priests can be.   Almost nobody talks about how boring a congregation can be. ...