PRESERVING PURITY

As I pondered revising my remarks about cohabitation and premarital relations, written about twenty years ago, I wondered if maybe I had made a mistake by addressing bad behavior instead of giving the gravity to good or wholesome behavior. I suppose I thought that everyone should already know right from wrong. This presupposition does not [...]

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FAITHFUL MONKS

  A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So, the new monk goes to the head abbot to [...]

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FAITH AUDIO CDs FOR THE ROAD

Do you ever like to listen to audio programs while driving in the car? I recently purchased several interesting sets. If interested, here are some recommendations for you: www.NowYouKnowMedia.com Church History 2,000 YEARS OF PAPAL HISTORY by Fr. John O’Malley, S.J. (36 talks on 12 CDs) Basic Teachings & Sacraments WHO IS JESUS? by Fr. Brian [...]

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MARRIAGE: DON’T DO IT!

When a couple comes to see me with an interest in getting married, I ask them what might be considered a silly or stupid question, “Are you sure you want to go through with it?” It is a question to which I return months later at the end of the marriage formation. Almost always the [...]

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PRIESTS, SEX & MARRIAGE

Recently it was thrown into my face, “You’re a priest, what do you know about sex and marriage?” Apparently, the person who made this comment did not know much more than I did, because her marriage was crumbling around her. Did she think I was born yesterday and beamed down like television’s Mr. Bean? I [...]

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FR FESSIO ON MOTU PROPIO SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM

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GREATEST PRANK CALL EVER

This is one of the funniest things I have ever heard. Warning, certains words and themes may be offensive. However, if you are sick and tired of unsolicited phone call offers, and have a tough skin, this is just too much! I cannot recommend deceit, but this is real poetic justice! I laughed so hard [...]

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SAINTLY PRIEST DIES: Fr. Philip Luther

I just found out this eveing that Father Philip Luther had passed away on January 9, 2008. He was my roommate in college seminary and a good friend. He was in the last class from the Seminary of St. Pius X in Erlanger, Kentucky. He studied theology at Mount St. Mary’s in Emmitsburg, MD. He [...]

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APHORISMS

APHORISM – A SHORT, POINTED SENTENCE EXPRESSING A WISE, CLEVER OBSERVATION, A GENERAL TRUTH OR ADAGE: The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow. Money will buy a fine dog but only kindness will make him wag his tail.  If you don’t have a sense of humor, you probably don’t have [...]

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THE HUMAN HEART

The human heart is both wonderful and terrible. Jesus tells a parable about a rich man who ate and drank well, had all the luxuries of life, while a beggar Lazarus was starving on his doorstep. The poor man’s only consolation was the dogs that licked his sores. Imagine that, reduced so low that he [...]

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CATHOLIC SHAMPOO

While shopping in a food store, two nuns happened to pass by the beer, wine, and liquor section. One asked the other if she would like a beer. The second nun answered that, indeed, it would be very nice to have one, but that she would feel uncomfortable about purchasing it. The first nun replied [...]

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD SELLS SEX

American Life League illustrates Planned Parenthood’s philosophy of promoting recreational sex to keep business booming. Planned Parenthood used $305,000,000 of your tax-payer money to sell sex and to perform abortions.

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