As a member of the laity I acknowledge that many of us have not lived up to our responsibilities as Catholics to hold up and adhere to the faith. Many of us have fallen to the darkness of the current culture and given into its desire for pleasure above truth. Our failings have caused the
By Supertradmum By 1699, in legal terms in England, the term “spinster” meant an older unmarried woman. This term was used by the Anglican Church In marriage certificates indicating an unmarried woman. It came to mean older women who chose not to get married or were never asked, or who never fell in love. Recently,
This will be my last posting on Jay’s blog for sometime. I have been too ill to continue with my own, and am thankful for Jay for his soapbox. Over the past several years, I have noticed that there is ONE sin which underlines all the sins of people. This is the sin of Avoidance
Recently, someone wrote to me about the life of a Catholic being an adventure. This person wrote that believing in The Eucharist and in a Baby born in a stable created an adventure for life. I add that believing in a God-Man dying on the Cross to save each one of us is also an
The definition of “character” may be broken into two parts. The first would be a dictionary definition of all the qualities and traits of an individual—yours and mine, different, unique, singular. Or, character may be defined as the moral and ethical qualities of a person, a view of the soul, mind and heart of a
Recently, from an odd source, I was reminded of a truth which I knew years ago. This is that one’s personality can interfere with personal holiness. In the States, and in some Western countries, a person’s personality is considered important for many reasons—such as to work in society, to create job connections, especially in business,
“The thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity. I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his
Ok, so I opened a can of worms. It has to be said. Too many skirt around this issue as it destroys souls and families. When we directly choose to go against the will of God and the sin is of grave matter, that sin is also most likely mortal. See this post for what
