Earth Day Catholic Style
Earth Day is a good time to ask: Did God Screw Up? It would seem, according to population mongers, that the planet got too small under the weight of humanity. Yet, would an all-knowing God create a world we would outgrow?
NY Times: No Kids for Me, Thanks
It’s not humility to declare one’s self as insufficient. It’s a rejection of God. Selfishness is trending. This month the NY Times article No Kids for Me, Thanks trotted out the latest self-centered choice gaining acceptance: choosing childlessness. Granted, selfishness is in our bones from the moment of birth when it was me, me, me,…
Jesus’s Last Request Before He Died
On Holy Thursday, at the precipice of his horrible suffering and death, Jesus stated his deepest desire. He knew upon leaving the Last Supper, that it would be a short time before he was inflicted with unimaginable suffering and crucifixion.
Self-Centeredness Behind the Deaths of Jesus and Judas
“It always amazes me that at the Last Supper, when Jesus said, ‘One of you will betray me,’ that no one knew who it was,” Msgr. Thomas Richter said during a Holy Week homily. Such secrecy, he pointed out, is what led to Judas’s betrayal of Christ. All of Christendom thinks “betrayer” at the name…
Faith Beyond Alzheimers -A Holy Week Story by Rosemary Kadrmas
This story was originally submitted for Amazing Grace for the Catholic Heart by Rosemary Kadrmas, mother for Fr. Chris Kadrmas. It is a story of faith everlasting and a reminder of the dignity of all human life. In the late 1990’s I worked in the activities department at a local nursing home where we often…
Conversions Coming Up
Dear Lord, I pray for the conversion of ______(fill in the blank). We all have names to insert. Divine lightening to strike them into holy submission would be lovely, but even a simple push in the right direction would be mightily appreciated. “Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that…
Sex Ed During Sport Physicals
Last Summer, the physician’s assistant that gave my 12 and 15 year-old boys their sport physicals, surprised me by also giving a mini sex talk. I was somewhat speechless at the time, but after collecting my thoughts, I wrote a letter. Dear ________ Last summer, you asked my 12-year-old son: “Do you know about sex?” …
Bishop Proclaims a Fast to Maximize Prayers
What did Jesus do to get the maximum out of his ministry? He prepared by first going into the wilderness to fast for forty days. Jesus said in Matthew 6:16: “When you fast…” not “If you fast…” The first Christians fasted (Acts 13:2-3; 14:23). It was nothing new. Moses and Elijah had done the same….
An Exorcist and his Deliverance Team Comment on Fifty Shades
-To spell it out for a morally challenged culture, I interviewed Fr. Patrick, an exorcist, along with three members of his deliverance team about the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon.
Heartless Mother or Just Needing Time?
I recalled knowing several loving parents of Downs babies; 3 originally wanted their baby to die, 1 gave hers away, and another was depressed. What kind of mother threatens her husband to abandon their newborn? You may have heard about Ruzan Badalyan who threatened divorce if the father, Samuel Forrest refused to abandon…
Insights From Exorcists
Face to face encounters with the devil is all in a day’s work for an exorcist; followed by dinner, prayers, and a good night’s sleep. They walk amid evil on angels’ wings with unwavering confidence in the power of God.
Life & Death vs Atheism
When I kissed my father-in-law’s forehead goodbye recently, it had gone cold. We had come to say a rosary before his body was taken to be cremated. No one was in there anymore. Congestive Heart Failure was suspected. Flu was written on the hospital death certificate. In 1980 after a heart attack, he had been…