Our Faith and Home

  1 Timothy 1:19 Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked. Somewhere in the Vatican an apple has been offered. The promise, by accepting the apple, is to allow the October synod to be as God is. That is, to undermine nearly 2,000 years of Christ’s Deposit of Faith. I never thought I’d see such boldness by the leaders of the Church. We are witnessing a repeat of the events in the Garden of Eden.  We, my faithful friends, are in turbulent times. At a time where the world has gone mad, it appears Holy Mother Church is being attacked from within. When the Vatican is more focused on polygamy (allowing communion to divorced couples), blessings of same-sex unions and other sinful ways, while disregarding 1,990 years of Christ’s teachings, it creates the adversity we are now in. The Deposit of Faith is the truth of God's Revelation as expressed in  Sacred Script

  Matthew 12:24 “You brood of vipers, how can you say good things when you are evil? For from the fullness  of  the heart the mouth speaks.” Matthew 23:33 “You serpents, you brood of vipers, how can you flee from the judgment  of  Gehenna?” The 2nd. annual conference for the Coalition of Canceled Priests was held the last weekend in June, 2023. The  riveting keynote  was delivered by Father James Altman: a holy and wise man. Unfortunately he is sidelined. If you aren’t familiar with Father Altman, or some of the other clergy of the coalition, you should understand that they are sidelined by taking up their crosses and speaking out FOR the Word of God. (If not familiar with Father Altman in particular, he gave a speech, in November 2020, that  You can’t be both a Catholic and Democrat .) Recently, Father Gerald Murray of EWTN and the co-author of “ Calming the Storm ”, visited our parish and spent a good deal of time speaking about the Synod of Synodality. If you’ve read the book and/or

  Proverbs 3:1-7 My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart. If you do this, you will live many years, and your life will be satisfying. Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart. Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation. Trust in the Lord with all your heart;  do not depend on your own understanding . Seek his will in all you do , and he will show you which path to take. Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom . Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil.  ( my emphasis ) My wife and I meet Catholic friends of ours for breakfast each week. The gentleman, Bill, and I discuss many things, but primarily the current state of Mother Church. When breakfast is finished, and we say our goodbyes… jokingly admit that we have failed, once again, to save the world and the Church. Then I come home. There is little doubt that our belo

  Mathew 7:1-5 Jesus said to his disciples: "Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove that splinter from your eye,' while the wooden beam is in your eye? You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother's eye." GUILTY!  Yes, me, I am guilty! I learned a new word.  Vituperative . I was watching an interview, published a year ago, conducted by Matt Fraad of  Pints with Aquinas . He was interviewing the two authors of the book “ Calming the Storm ”; written by Father Gerald Murray and Diane Montagna. Have you read it? (My wife has. It wasn’t readily available on Kindle so I have yet to read it.) It’s an interesting format where

  "Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven." –St. Rose of Lima One of the most difficult tasks we, as Catholic Christians, can undertake is picking up the cross of Jesus and carrying it. Consider the utter and excruciating pain Jesus experienced on His way to Calvary. Remember, he had already been ridiculed, mocked, assailed, beaten, whipped and a crown of thorns slammed on to His head. What human could endure that today? Next, he’s tied (not written in scripture bu a custom of the Romans) to the cross and expected to carry it to His place of death.  In an essay I wrote about Christ’s Passion (not yet published), I imagined His courage in this manner: The cross is heavy. It digs into His clavicle. Can the pain get any more excruciating? The road is made of stones. With every step, the bottom of the cross will bump, bump, bump. With every single bump the cross will dig deeper into his shoulder. All He asks of us, by carrying our crosses, is