http://www.gettomass.com/2009/12/the-persecution-is-coming-or-is-it-already-here/

http://www.gettomass.com/2008/06/gay-marriage/

That’s physical cleanlyness.  Now how about spiritual cleanlyness? How long has it been since ]]> It’s pretty normal for people these days to take a shower or bath every day or every other day.  How many days do you think you could go without bathing before people would notice?  How long before you would notice?

That’s physical cleanlyness.  Now how about spiritual cleanlyness? How long has it been since you’ve been to confession? Are you clean? Can people notice? Do you notice?

“What the Church could do to make herself a more credible and attractive institution?”

“One might say that a church which seeks above all to be attractive would already be on the wrong path, because the Church does not work ]]> Below is a great clip in which the Holy Father answers the question

“What the Church could do to make herself a more credible and attractive institution?”

“One might say that a church which seeks above all to be attractive would already be on the wrong path, because the Church does not work for itself, does not work to increase its numbers so as to have more power,” he answered. “The Church is at the service of Another; it does not serve itself, seeking to be a strong body, but it strives to make the Gospel of Jesus Christ accessible, the great truths, the great powers of love and of reconciliation that come always from the presence of Jesus Christ. In this sense, the Church does not seek to be attractive, but rather to make herself transparent for Jesus Christ.”

You can read more at http://www.ncregister.com/blog/pope-church-does-not-work-for-numbers-and-power/

I know many confessions when I was in habitual sinner where I did not ]]> Our salvation will not be determined by our “feelings” or by what we “think”.  Our salvation will be determined by our actions, God’s Mercy, and our acceptance of that mercy.  For confession to be valid we must have true contrition.

I know many confessions when I was in habitual sinner where I did not have true contrition, as a worldly poor excuse for a Catholic I presumed God would be there to forgive me again after my next sin all I needed to do was ask. I created my own formula for salvation and I never had true contrition. This self made formula was not going to save me.  I basically had my own religion yet I called myself “Catholic”.

But 9 years ago today I watched the events of September 11th at a beer and pancake breakfast party. Beer at 7:30am thank you very much.  I then watched the events of the day unfold and I realized that day that thousands of people went to work that morning not feeling that they were going to die that morning.  Some I’m sure were mired in habitual sin like I was, I realized right then and there I needed to KNOW God and not assume I knew Him. 

Yes God is Merciful, Yes God is Love, but God is also Just!  We choose to ignore that aspect of God because when we ignore His Justice, we think it gives us license to do as we please and He will forgive us.  As someone said above, this mocks God, and God will not be mocked!

If you get right with God you will no longer commit mortal sin with any regularity.  And when you do sin, you will know it, you won’t fight the fact, and you will have true contrition when you go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Adoration, frequent Reconciliation, the Eucharist in a state of grace, and Scripture Reading is the solution to all the ills of worldliness.

God Bless you and may God have mercy on those who die in sin, especially those who died on September 11th.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/aug/10081315.html

I would hope everyone would agree that Jesus Christ was a MAN. When a priest offers the ]]> For those who think that some day there will be women Priests obviously choose not to listen to what the Magisterium of the Church teaches and are not aware of what a “Priest” really is or does.

I would hope everyone would agree that Jesus Christ was a MAN. When a priest offers the Sacrifice of the Mass the priest stands in the person of Christ, or In persona Christi. A woman no matter how able of doing the actions of the priest is not a man. Again God created us for a specific purpose. A male who knows who he is does not want to be pregnant or give birth, and a woman who knows who she is does not want to be a priest.  A woman maybe able to be a priest but she is not capable of being a priest. There is a difference in definition.

Once the Catholic laity come to understand this again they will not want alter girls. Which is why many Catholics who know, study, and surrender to their faith see alter girls as a poor novelty of this current time period at best. Surrendering to the teachings of the Catholic Church is surrendering oneself to Christ.

With that said God’s greatest human creation was a woman.  The Ever Virgin Mary is our model.  As good, or bad, as Fr. So-And-So might be we are not to emulate him we are to emulate the Holy Virgin Mary, the Mother of God.  If we humble ourselves as Mary did the we will humble ourselves to Christ.

“Will alter girls lead to women priests?” 

While I’m sure many in my own parish will disagree with my sentiment on whether or not we should have alter girls I hope they don’t think it will lead to women priests ]]> The other night I was reading through responses to a questions over at Catholic.com

“Will alter girls lead to women priests?” 

While I’m sure many in my own parish will disagree with my sentiment on whether or not we should have alter girls I hope they don’t think it will lead to women priests and that there is some eventual progression that will allow it.  Below is my response to the question.

Alter Girls won’t lead to Women Priests. The term Woman Priest is an oxymoron. Women can’t be priests no more than men can have babies. God didn’t set it up that way.  And sense Alter Girls won’t lead to Women Priests I don’t think we should have them.  Leave it to the boys please.

If we let boys wear nursing bra’s or maternity clothes we’d all say that’s ridiculous because boys can’t have babies, its not how they were made. Yet we let girls be alter servers when they can’t be priests and say there’s nothing wrong with that. Catholics have gone astray in our thinking. God put us here for a specific purpose and we are fooling ourselves if we allow our boys and girls to participate in roles they weren’t meant for, and we do them great disservice when we do.