Persephone Uppity African Neutrino God does not create people full of sin. People choose sin.

Some commentators recently objected to Pope Leo’s revival of the ancient tradition of blessing lambs on the feast of St. Agnes. During the brief ceremony, the animals were gently held, blessed, and then returned to their caretakers. Yet this peaceful and symbolic moment was

My late cousin, who I adored and miss every day, once said to me: Never make fun of someone for mispronouncing a word. It means they learned it by reading.

Your regular reminder Gaudium et spes asked us to "scrutinize the signs of the times in the light of the Gospel" - Not scrutinize the Gospel in the light of the signs of the times.

"For your penance, pray 3 Hail Mary's..." "Father, could you give me a more appropriate penance?" "Very well. Go be crucified, die, and go to hell." "Oh, I can't do that." "No? Then go pray your Hail Mary's. The work has already been done." - Confession with a French priest

SOLEMN (Palindrome) I sat, solemn. I saw time open one poem. It was in me, lost as I.

I need you to know that one of the little girls at the parish hasn’t quite worked out the biomechanics of genuflection yet so when she sees the tabernacle she crouches down and jumps up like a frog

Hired a guy to fix my roof He was the cheapest quote Showed up in a beat up truck Worked 3 days straight, 12 hours a day, in the blistering sun. On the last day, I went up to give him a Gatorade. I saw him carefully pulling a nest of baby birds out of the gutter. Most

Mthr Cara When my 1yo daughter first requested to bless herself at the stoup, she dipped her finger in the Holy Water, immediately sucked her wet finger, then open palm slapped her own forehead, and looked at me so proud of herself.

G.K. Chesterton on the repetition of God

Ran into a Baptist today who "was a Catholic till highschool school then got saved" He said the Catholic Church never told him what he needed to believe to go to heaven I asked him if he used to go to Mass when he was a Catholic He said yes I said, "That means you would've

All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful. —Flannery O'Connor

The Mass is first of all worship offered to God. Everything else--participation, community, mission, holiness--flows from that.

Annual reminder if God forbid you are thinking about it, giving up coffee for Lent is presuming to choose a penance for everyone around you.

It would be great if we Catholics had an example of someone fasting and sacrificing worldly comforts for 40 days. It'd be even better if it was a very important person preparing to do something really big.

When someone asks for the ministry of deliverance or exorcism the first thing we do is ask if they are going regularly to confession, attending Mass every week, saying their prayers every day. If they aren't doing what they already know they should be doing our prayers of