How Do You Do Lent in a Time of Feasting?
It’s still Lent. We’ve got a week and a half of the deepest, darkest passage in human history to relive. Jesus arrested, betrayed, beaten, tortured, shamed and murdered; that’s what lies ahead of us in...
View ArticlePope Francis, Holy Thursday and Us
For I was in prison, and you visited me. Pope Francis will wash the feet of incarcerated young people tonight. Some of them have no faith. Others are Muslim. Many of them did not even know who the Pope...
View ArticleChristian Persecution: Six Quick Takes
This week’s six quick takes on Christian Persecution include one that I’m not entirely sure about, another that deals with a 100-year-old genocide, and the usual dismal roundup of wanton killings,...
View ArticlePope Francis: The Whole Journey of Life is a Journey of Preparation for Heaven
I have a friend who told me once that her goal in life was to go to heaven. I found this a little startling at the time. I had always thought of going to heaven as more of a by-product than a goal. My...
View ArticlePope Francis: Go Against the Tide and Change the World
It is called the Great Commission. Jesus told His disciples: “Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new...
View ArticleMary’s Day
Today is May Day. Mary’s Day. The month of May is the month of Our Mother. I’m going to write more about this as times goes forward. This is a video of the Litany of Mary. It’s a responsive prayer in...
View ArticleWhat it Means to be Catholic
What does it mean to be Catholic? This video gives some thoughtful answers to that question.
View ArticleDo God and His Church Hate Women?
“The reason why any free, independent woman would call herself a Christian is beyond me.” This thought came from a blog that I read yesterday. It’s a small personal blog, but the sentiment it expresses...
View ArticleBack to Babel: Did Europeans and Asians Once Speak a Common Language?
The idea of a universal human language goes back to the story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis. Now a group of researchers have developed a theory that people living in Europe and Asia 15,000 years...
View ArticleThis is the Gospel: God. Our. Sins. Paying. Everyone. Life.
This is an extraordinary interpretation of Scripture in poetry by Dare to Share Ministries. Watch it and be blessed.
View ArticleThe Secret’s Out: Devout Catholic Husbands and Wives Have the Best Sex
If you want great sex, trying marrying for love and committing yourself this person for life. It also helps if you worship the God Who made you in a Catholic Church every week. That’s the upshot of a...
View ArticleData Omniscience Hubris and the Bible
I remember reading a few years ago that archeologists had found a shard of pottery with mention of King David on it. Evidently, this was the first material evidence of King David’s existence. According...
View ArticleBook Review: Deriving the Personality of God from His Actions in Scripture
To join the discussion about Finding God in the Bible, or to order a copy, go here. I gave this review a title that more or less describes what I see as the function of the book, Finding God in the...
View ArticleThe Cult-Like Anti-Intellectualism of Christian Bashing
Let’s look at the arguments we’ve seen against the faith here on Public Catholic. They tend to fall into categories. By far the largest category is the Dawkins without attribution crowd. These people...
View ArticleBook Review: American Militarism vs the Kingdom of God
To join the discussion about Fight A Christian Case for Nonviolence, or to order a copy, go here. Fight is an ironic name for a book that is a polemic on the Christian call to nonviolence. The book’s...
View ArticleMary and Following Jesus: There are No Limits
I have been progressing through the 33 day preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary. I am well over half way through it, and it has tested my faith every step of the way. I do not mean...
View ArticleNovena for the Persecuted Church, Day 4
This is day 4 of the Novena to St Michael. We are praying for our persecuted Christian brothers and sisters around the world. Our Lord was crucified by a group of corrupt priests and a cowardly...
View ArticleBook Review: What Are You Afraid Of?
To join the discuss about What Are You Afraid Of?, or to order a copy, go here. What Are You Afraid Of? by Dr David Jeremiah seeks to provide a workable life theology for believers who are facing the...
View ArticleIf You’re Looking for Me, You’ll Find Me Standing With the Pope
I doubt that they’re interested in what I think, but I want to send a message to the charlatans out there in the blogosphere. If you’re looking for me, you’ll find me standing with the Pope. If you are...
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