St. John Bosco is often presented as a silly priest who played games with boys. He didn’t actually do so, but was actually was a very sober and learned man. In fact,…...
Category: Catholic Life
Work Out Your Salvation
I’ve been praying recently for understanding on how to handle parenting when children make bad choices or aren’t interested in spiritual things. It is very unclear whether parents, especially of adult children,…...
Prayers before and after Mass
St. Thomas Aquinas provides these prayers before and after Mass. These are my daily Mass prayers and I have enjoyed them: Prayer Before Mass Almighty and ever-living God, I draw near to…...
“Silver and gold I have none…”
I believe that the apparent decline in Catholic Church attendance is owed far more to the Church’s loss of secular power and influence in modern history than in any liturgical changes–as if…...
Is THIS the best thing I can do right now?
Christians seem to spend most of their time asking whether this or that activity is a sin, which leads to many inconclusive deliberations. The question a Christian should be asking is: “Is…...
Mass on Vacation
While on vacation. Dania and I went to daily Mass at the nearest parish, which was the stereotypical 1970s “Novus Ordo” parish all the trads complain about. I felt like I was…...
Should Women Cover their Heads at Mass?
I was asked to speak on this topic by an Academy parent and wasn’t interested, until I started looking into the issue and it became quite interesting....
Before Frequent Confession…
Going to Confession frequently only makes sense if I’m making an Examination of Conscience each night. If the latter habit is established, the former will follow and be most effective. The goal…...
The Need for Philosophy and Theology
God can be known, as God, through human philosophy, as Aristotle proved. What cannot be know by philosophy is God’s plan of redeeming man and bringing him to eternal life. This is…...