The Culture Of “Meh”: A Modern Spiritual Epidemic | Reasonable Catholic

In their Catholic Evidence Training Outlines, Frank Sheed and Maisie Ward address the prevalent spiritual illness of religious indifference. The eminent Catholic duo—renowned for their influential work as street apologists, authors and co-founders of the Sheed & Ward publishing house—describes religious indifference as “the belief that no religion matters at all.” The indifferent man, according to the apologists, reduces religion …

500 Priests in England and Wales Just Signed A Letter That Everyone Should Read | CatholicVote.org

Every priest should sign such a document... This letter may well be considered a historical document someday. Nearly 500 priests from England and Wales have signed a letter, published in the UK Catholic Herald this week, in which they state in no uncertain terms that the upcoming synod on the family should uphold the Church’s …

Saint’s Dried Blood Liquifies in Pope Francis’ hands | CatholicVote.org

According to people who know about these things, the dried blood of St. Januarius miraculously liquified after the reliquary holding the blood was handed to Pope Francis at an event on Saturday in Naples. via Saint’s Dried Blood Liquifies in Pope Francis’ hands | CatholicVote.org.

What I Wish I’d Known About the Catholic Church

Very well written explanation on the Catholic faith... This Easter I become a Catholic. It’s been a strange, unexpected journey. Something I often think about, and reflect on, is what I would’ve thought of myself, today, if I’d met me ten years ago. What if, by some miracle of space and time, the twenty year …

Can Human Free Will and Divine Predestination Both be True? : The Integrated Catholic Life™

A good read... Denying human free will, on the other hand, would cut out something immediately essential to the Christian life: personal responsibility. If I am a robot, even a divinely programmed robot, my life no longer has the drama of real choice and turns into a formula, the unrolling of a pre-written script. God …

Pope Says Underpaid Teachers Is “An Injustice” | ZENIT – The World Seen From Rome

Ok, I am Catholic, and I do like Pope Francis, but really, what is underpaid?  and what would the Church consider overpaid for teachers? What is the correct amount? I am sure many Catholic School Teachers would have a lot to say about this. They are truly underpaid... "Teaching is a beautiful work," Pope Francis …

The Democratic Party is facing a Catholic apocalypse – Salon.com

This should be no brainer... Catholics should not vote for anyone who supports abortion, its that simple. Yes I know we are not a one issue faith, yes I know other issues count. But abortion is a major issue, and should have more value in voting than other "social" issues. It’s one of the central …

Overcoming the Vision Gap | Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Joseph

Something to think about... It's a short read... Take a few and read it... We’ve all heard of the increasing wealth gap and the income gap that are, regrettably, accompanying our nation’s economic recovery from the Great Recession.  Such gaps, of course, have been with the human family for a long time and in a …

A Head spinning Catholic teaching

The doctrine of the Real Presence asserts that in the Holy Eucharist, Jesus is literally and wholly present—body and blood, soul and divinity—under the appearances of bread and wine. Evangelicals and Fundamentalists often attack this doctrine as "umbilical," but the Bible is forthright in declaring it (cf. 1 Cor. 10:16–17, 11:23–29; and, most forcefully, John …

6 Things I have noticed

I have noticed a few things over the past few months on my Facebook and other social feeds, all of my Obama supporting friends have been quiet, No postings about how great he is, not twitters about his amazing plan for America, nothing…. Could it be that maybe with all his scandals (Scandal list here) …