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...

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 ...

This was written earlier but things got so crazy at the parish there was no time simply to post it!  Here is Friday's installment of th...

Y esterday we had a new student picnic for families that are coming to St. Sebastian Parish School.   I was asked to say a few words and...

Dei Verbum paragraph 12   A mother, seeing her son make an ugly face at one of his friends pulled him aside and said, “Son, I w...

Dei Verbum Chapter III paragraph 11   H ave you ever been in a situation to give someone advice and in the middle of it came up wi...

Dei Verbum paragraph 10   W hat do you say when someone says that they no longer believe in the doctrines of the Church?   How do ...

The Internet being down in the rectory was the only damage we sustained from the storms the past week.   That prevented a post (and a lo...

Dei Verbum Paragraph 8   I t seems the Episcopal Church is going through what the Catholic Church did a couple of decades ago.   ...

“ T here’s always a king somewhere.” Or so says Michner in his book, “The Source.” I tend to agree with him.   N...

A s a child I asked the question, “Would I have believed in Jesus and followed Him if I were alive when He was walking the earth?” It was a...

A large portion of the Christian world believes in the theory of “Bible Alone” or Sola Scriptura. The idea in the most basic of terms is th...

T he Catholic Church can be seen by many, including members from within her walls, as being antiquated and discriminatory in its view that t...