"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Last night I gave a talk for The Goretti Group. This was a variation on a talk I gave at the Southern Kansas Young Adult Conference.
Is there life before marriage? (Download)
I’ve written a couple of articles for the Goretti Group in the past which you might like to read: Dear Miss Lawrence and “I waited until my wedding night to lose my virginity and I wish I hadn’t”.
There have been quite a stir in the Catholic media about the upcoming changes to the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus uniform:
Personally, I think they’re moving in the wrong direction…
Welcome to Episode 2! In today’s show we tackle the tricky and sensitive subject of non-Catholic dating, the situation where a Catholic is considering dating someone who is not in full communion with the Catholic
Episode 2: Non-Catholic Dating (Download)
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* For those of you who would like to dig deeper into this topic, you can find a two-part series I wrote earlier on the subject.
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We like to hide behind our big institutional solutions to problems.
That’s why we’d rather elect somebody to clean up the streets than take a walk down our own street with some paint and a broom. That’s why we’re more likely to pay higher taxes to support the elderly than to spend time getting to know them. And it’s why we’re more likely to drop ten dollars in the collection plate than we are to take a homeless man to lunch.
We love to subsidize and outsource our charity and the fixing of our problems.
– Matthew Warner, Messy & Foolish
A while ago I commented on some recent gaffs from the Planned Parenthood marketing department. Today I came across an old one from 2015:
Apparently, Planned Parenthood is a “safe” place for anyone, regardless of “…age…body shape, size, and ability”. This is an immensely interesting claim, since the killing of the unborn is very often justified because of their age, body shape, size and ability…
I discovered today’s musical suggestion from listening to the latest episode of The Catholic Playlist Show. The song is Dana Catherine’s song “My Saviour in Me” and you can hear about the story behind the song here.
Tell me Lord, tell me Lord how can it be,
That you would choose to use someone like me, someone like me?
Couple of billion people in this world, yet you have chosen to use somebody so unworthy.
I’m just another pen you’re putting to the paper, a reflection of my maker,
Add your name on my soul.
I’m just another chapter in this story, another expression of your glory,
Have your way in my soul, I surrender all control…
Let my heart beat to the rhythm of your song
Make the world wanna sing along from the mountains to the valleys
Let my words be truth and life, push out the dark, bring in the light
So that the whole world can see, my saviour in me
My God I’m in awe of what you’ve done
You’ve poured me out to make a vessel of your grace and love
Couple of million reasons why I’m too broken to spread Your light but still You shine
Fill me up, fill my cup
I will never, never be empty
Today I’m hanging out at the Steubenville Conference here in San Diego with Bishop McElroy:
