A Catholic Thought

While reading “Friends of God” by St. Jose Maria Escriva – the founder of Opus Dei – I was struck by a passage he relates regarding Christians and their daily work before God.
St. Escriva liked to take young people to an old Cathedral (presumably somewhere in Spain), and in doing so, he’d take them up   [...]

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Japanese Catholic Novelist Endo

I have finally gotten down to business and started reading a novel by the late-Japanese Catholic author Shusaku Endo. I’m reading “Silence,” which tells the story of a 17th century Portuguese priest during the persecution of Christians (which is to say Catholics) in feudal Japan.
A fine novel, although a bit heavy. I have read [...]

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Another Catholic Dissent Group

Catholics should be ready to call out yet another ‘Catholic’ group, which seeks to foment dissent and heresy. The group is called the American Catholic Council and it may be a new coalition of heretical groups or perhaps a rebranding of Voice of the Faithful. We’ll soon know more.
It’s worth noting that links on [...]

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Catechism on Call on ‘Spring Break’

I just wanted to let folks know that Catechism on Call will be dormant until the first week of April, as this humble blogger will be traveling overseas. Thank you for reading my blog now and again, and God Bless.
I also want to wish you a Happy St. Patrick’s Day…We pray that St. Patrick will [...]

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The Catholic Priest and Church Teaching

A sure sign of one’s love for the Church, is an ardent love for the Catholic Priesthood. For without a Catholic priest, there is no Mass, and therefore no Eucharist. Right now in America, Catholic priests are mocked and viewed with suspicion because of the clergy abuse scandal. This is unfortunate, but predictable.
The vast majority [...]

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Catholic Children and Sex Education

When it comes to Catholic children, or children of any faith for that matter, it is the parents who decide what children will and won’t learn – not the government. Catholic and Christian parents must ensure that their children opt out of sex education classes, which teach values and practices that are opposed to Christian [...]

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Catholic Prayer and the Catechism

Any discussion of the Christian life is impossible without talking about Christian prayer. When you love someone – as Catholics should love God – you naturally want to spend much time with that person, and prayer is how we honor that relationship. The Catechism of the Catholic Church has an extended section on Christian prayer.
The [...]

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Pope Leo XIII On Gay Marriage

The truth is that Pope Leo XIII never wrote a word on gay marriage; He was the Catholic Pope from 1878 to 1903 when divorce, not gay marriage, was the newest attack on the family. Yet Pope Leo’s arguments opposing state divorce laws are relevant today in the present debate in secular society concerning marriage.
In [...]

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Muslim Martyrs and Catholic Martyrs

We hear a lot about martyrs and martyrdom these days, yet normally from the perspective of Islam and often in the context of Islamic terrorism. Yet it is often forgotten that martyrdom is a Catholic belief that Muslims appropriated and then redefined.
It’s important to understand that Islam developed approximately 700 years after the establishment of [...]

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Catholic View on America’s ‘Cult of the Body’

Human beings are both body and soul (spirit). And when the spiritual life of  a human being is starved, it’s a truism that the physical/material aspects of life will be overemphasized. From a Catholic perspective, nowhere is this seen more than in America’s ‘cult of the body.’
Catholics are not prudish Victorians. Anyone demonizing the human [...]

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