Tag: "Catholicism"
Writestream Tuesday welcomes authors David R. Young and Declan Finn, April 9 – UPDATED with Archive
Please join me for Writestream Tuesday at 1 p.m. Eastern on April 9 when I’ll welcome two exceptional guests to the program! In the first hour, David R. Young, author of the excellent book, The Political Spectrum: Freedom vs. Enslavement will join me to discuss the oft-misunderstood political spectrum and why it is vitally important [...]
Papal Paranoia
I’ve been so busy this week with Writestream, ghostwriting, my birthday and other things that I haven’t had time to post about the newly proclaimed Pope Francis, formerly known as Jorge Mario Bergoglio. As a follow-up to my previous articles, Defending The Knights of Malta and On Papal Resignations and Anti-Catholic Bigotry, and in response [...]
Preach It, Bernie!
My dear friend, Christian minister and proprietor of the excellent blog The Write Stuff, Bernie Lutchman responds to the numerous, nitpicking “Christian” critics of the History Channel mini-series The Bible, speaking for many of us who have been completely turned off by the decidedly “unChristian” response. In a culture gone to depravity and excess, you’d [...]
Lenten Meditation: ‘I am the Lord’
In light of the current political climate, economic peril and Pope Benedict’s resignation, today’s meditation is more timely than ever. From The Word Among Us: I am the Lord. (Leviticus 19:18) In Leo Tolstoy’s tale “Martin the Cobbler,” Martin is told in a dream that Jesus will come to see him. He spends the next [...]
Lenten Meditation: Saturday after Ash Wednesday
From the Word Among Us: Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. (Luke 5:27) Earlier in this chapter, we watched Jesus call his first disciples—James and John and Simon Peter. These were to be the men with whom Jesus would spend the next three years. They were to become his [...]
Lenten Meditation: Friday after Ash Wednesday
Today’s Lenten meditation from The Word Among Us is taken from Isaiah 58:6: This, rather, is the fasting that I wish. (Isaiah 58:6) Of the three practices that we focus on in Lent—prayer, fasting, and almsgiving—it’s the latter that we can find the most challenging. While many of us do give to the needy during [...]
More Thoughts on Christianity
Back in the late 90′s, I met a very nice woman – a neuromuscular massage therapist – via a mutual friend who recommended her services as a cure for my then-frequent sinus infections and TMJ. Although my friend had originally met her when she worked at a local South Florida salon, she’d set up her [...]
Ash Wednesday Reflections
Today is Ash Wednesday, the official beginning of Lent. From Catholic Culture.org: The time has now come in the Church year for the solemn observance of the great central act of history, the redemption of the human race by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In the Roman Rite, the beginning of the forty days [...]
On Papal Resignations and Anti-Catholic Bigotry
I rarely wade into discussions of anti-Catholic bias, not because it doesn’t exist but because I prefer to focus on the things I have in common with other Christians (many of whom while reading this will snicker derisively at my inclusion of myself and other Catholics as “Christians”), particularly in the dark shadow of a [...]
Midweek Meditation: Test of Fire
Whether or not you’re a Catholic, this powerful video is a stirring reminder for every American who cherishes freedom. Remember in November. DariaDaria DiGiovanni is an accomplished writer, author, blogger, internet radio host and social media professional. She released her first novel, Water Signs: A Story of Love and Renewal in 2008 and is currently [...]
Sunday Inspiration: Bearing Fruit
Today’s meditation from the Word Among Us: “Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit.” (John 15:5) How comforting it is to know that we do not walk alone through this life! No matter how isolated or weak we may feel, the truth is that Jesus is with us and will [...]
He Is Risen!
I first heard this incredible song several years ago when I was invited to do a reading at a sunrise Easter service in Boca Raton. It’s been one of my favorite Easter hymns ever since. By the way, if you’ve never experienced a sunrise Easter service by the beach I highly recommend it. While Mass [...]
Easter Vigil
From The Word Among Us: Heed me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight in rich fare. (Isaiah 55:2) There are so many powerful symbols during the Easter Vigil! We gather in darkness as a brand-new fire is ignited. That light spreads from the Paschal candle to our own tapers, swallowing up darkness and [...]
Good Friday Meditation
From The Word Among Us: It is finished. (John 19:30) What was finished? Jesus’ mission! If we want to understand that mission we have to go back to the very beginning of the Bible. We have to start in Genesis, with its story of the fall of our first parents. From that point on, the [...]
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