We Are All Called to Lives of Holiness
In the past few weeks I have come into contact--both in person and in social media--with people who have felt the need to lecture me on their individual learning in areas of the Catholic faith. I stepped in at a Catholic bookstore when a man was telling a woman in full communion with Rome that …
Continue reading "The Dangers of Isolationism and the Need for Holy Guides"
Our society is filled with "experts". There are experts in politics, medicine, theology, philosophy, science, sociology, psychology, business, and the list goes on and on. An expert is someone who seems to know everything that needs to be known about a particular discipline. This should immediately put us on guard. Anyone who thinks they know …
I have mentioned this before, but I am going to discuss this topic again. A person cannot know everything about a topic or an author based on 1500 words. We live in an age of immediate gratification. Far too many of us want short answers to complex questions and we make the mistake in thinking …
Continue reading "No, an Essay on the Internet is Not Enough"
I recently became a contributor for Epic Pew and today is my first piece, which is a collaboration. In honor of Pope Francis' Laudato Si, we wanted to remind people that the Church is a great contributor and lover of the natural sciences. Of course, the Church does not make pronouncements on science, as that …
You will notice a trend on my blog that I am becoming increasingly anti-ideology. This is because I am observing a steep descent into ideology in our country and within the Church. Not the Church herself, but the people within it. This is largely destructive and causes division. Ideology is a type of heresy. It …
Continue reading "Abandon Ideology for the Good News: The Test is Coming"
This semester has been a bit of a challenge for me. The challenge is balancing family and full-time studies. Being a full-time graduate student is a lot like working full-time. Not to mention that my entire program is online. I seldom interact with my professors. I am essentially teaching myself theology and philosophy with the …
Continue reading "Down Shifting: Properly Ordering Family and Study"
Last night I had an experience that I am not used to. I got a "B" on one of my graduate essays. I have not had anything except "A" grades on my writing assignments since high school. Yes, I got an "A" on all of my papers in undergrad. To add insult to injury, my …
Continue reading "Do I Want To Be Right or Do I Want To Be Right?"
I have decided to add another post into my current series on Catholic teaching on sexual ethics and "gay marriage". In a perfect world, all of us would fully assent to Church teaching before we professed to be Catholic. We would still sin, but all of us would, at least intellectually, assent to infallible teaching …
Continue reading "The Need for Conversion: Catholic Sexual Ethics"
Swimming the Depths 