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Category Archives: Sacraments
The Reformation Crashed Our Party
As our daughter prepared to celebrate her First Communion, I was somewhat conflicted about how we would celebrate. What came to mind first was all the stories I heard as a grade-schooler from my Catholic friends about their big Communion … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Practices, Eucharist, Nikki
Tagged Anthony Corleone, Catholic Heritage, First Communion, Reformation
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In Praise of CCD
This last Tuesday, our kids finished their first year of religious education classes at our parish church. These are the classes that are popularly called “CCD” classes–although, at least in our parish, they’re now called PREP (Parish Religious Education Program) … Continue reading
Is Any Among You Sick?
This last weekend, something new happened to me, although I’m guessing it’s happened in the past to at least a few readers: I was admitted to the hospital for something other than elective surgery. In my case, it was a … Continue reading
Heaven Here
I’ve written before about how our 12-year-old son Charles has blown me away with his intuitive grasp of some of the basic truths of Catholicism and with his natural openness to the Communion of Saints. Today, I wanted to share … Continue reading
Lame Lies about Women and the Catholic Response I Find Compelling part 2
In my last post I covered the lie that motherhood is nice but perhaps a little lesser on the playing field of what a woman can “do”. This time around I want to step back and talk about a lie … Continue reading
Posted in Artificial Contraception, Marriage, Nikki, Singleness, Uncategorized
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What’s Up With All Those Annulments?
In my last post, I addressed the argument that the sacrament of Penance is a waste of time because it’s open to abuse by people who just lie to their confessors. In this post, I wanted to take up a … Continue reading
His Holy Bride
I had the most amazing exchange last night with our son, Charlie, that I just had to share. Charlie is 12, and he’s a great guy. Years ago, as Nikki has mentioned, he fell in love with the Saints, and … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiology, Jason, Marriage, Uncategorized
Tagged Church, Henry VIII, Martin Luther, Reformation
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Why I Love Papal Infallibility
As Nikki and I have mentioned a number of times in our posts, we come from the “free-church” strain of Protestant evangelicalism. For those not familiar with this term, think “Baptist,” “community church,” “Church of Christ,” “non-denominational Christian,” etc.–groups where … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Orders, Jason, Papacy
Tagged papal infallibility, priesthood of the believer
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My Sin is Ever Before Me
One of the things I learned in seminary is that theology is not some academic, pie in the sky endeavor. It’s not reserved for those who nerdily consume tomes by obscure figures, the way a Trekkie might become a repository for useless … Continue reading
