Today I took my oldest son to talk with our former parish priest. Why? Not because he was in any kind of trouble or anything, but because he has expressed some interest in becoming a priest himself. And while I want to encourage him in his the best person to talk to about it is,ContinueContinue reading “A visit to a Priest and some thoughts from another one”
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Book Review – Catholic Family Fun: A Guide for the Adventurous, Overwhelmed, Creative, or Clueless
When I first heard about Sarah Reinhard’s book, Catholic Family Fun: A Guide for the Adventurous, Overwhelmed, Creative, or Clueless I knew I needed to read it. My wife and I are always looking for idea of things to do with the kids as a family. Now, being the parents of 9 kids means thatContinueContinue reading “Book Review – Catholic Family Fun: A Guide for the Adventurous, Overwhelmed, Creative, or Clueless”
It is Wednesday and I haven’t posted anything yet
It should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me, that I am spread a little thin. What might surprise some of you is that I stress about things like that a lot. A lot of stress is coming from my day job. There is nothing I can do to control that but IContinueContinue reading “It is Wednesday and I haven’t posted anything yet”
Learning Latin
Last week I talked about taking a bigger role in home schooling our children. I started this process by spending some time in the mornings with my older boys. Mostly getting them started on the work that they needed to do, and adding a few things that they needed work on. (Essay writing for example.)ContinueContinue reading “Learning Latin”
Spreading the Word
I will admit that at least in one area (probably a lot more than one but that is a topic for another post) I am bad about my faith. I am bad at spreading the word. This blog was partly so that could have a place to talk about things I do other than writing,ContinueContinue reading “Spreading the Word”
Daily Gospel
Jn 21:1-14 Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias.He revealed himself in this way. Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus,Nathanael from Cana in Galilee,Zebedee’s sons, and two others of his disciples. Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.”They said to him, “We also will come with you.”SoContinueContinue reading “Daily Gospel”
In Support of The Priesthood
There is very little I can add to this so I won’t say much other than to say, I support the priests, I hope that at least one of my boys fells called to be a priest, and I hope by posting this that other young men might think of it as well.
The Passion
Last Friday my wife and I finally got around to watching The Passion of The Christ. We have owned the movie since it came out on DVD in 2004 but it sat in the case waiting until now to be watched. Every year my wife and I would say, “this Lent we will watch it,”ContinueContinue reading “The Passion”
A Heart on Fire: Catholic Witness and the Next America
A Heart on Fire: Catholic Witness and the Next America by Charles J. Chaput My rating: 5 of 5 stars I normally would not write a review of an article, but the take away from this one was too much to ignore and let go silently. I did give this article 5 stars and ifContinueContinue reading “A Heart on Fire: Catholic Witness and the Next America”
Two and a Half Homilies
This weekend, because of some rather unusual circumstances I ended up going to Mass three times. Not that I mind, if nothing else by the end of the weekend, I felt like I knew a lot more about the readings than I normally do. Here is the short version of what happened: On Saturday night,ContinueContinue reading “Two and a Half Homilies”
The Great Hites 