FacebookTwitterGoogle+Linkedinemailvidenced by particular political efforts by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and public efforts by some religious orders, parishes and lay ministries, it is amazingly clear that we have lost focus on what the Church essential is. One misshapen venture into the haze that attempts the blend the … Continue reading →

FacebookTwitterGoogle+Linkedinemailothing can cripple the use of the intellect, reason, and logic faster than images and words that stir the imagination of our emotions. For evidence of this, one need not look any further than the recent cries for the government not to separate children from their parents. How horrific are … Continue reading →

FacebookTwitterGoogle+Linkedinemail ne of the repeated themes of the Catholic Mass that remind us most of the classical symphony orchestra is the liturgical use of the periodic phrasing. In the classic symphony orchestra, periodic phrasing consists of an antecedent as a question phrase and is immediately followed by a consequent phrase. … Continue reading →

FacebookTwitterGoogle+Linkedinemailuring those early formative years after Jesus saved my life, I suppose I would have been considered a Protestant; albeit by default, and one of the things I learned during that year before I was Confirmed in the Catholic Church was that ‘the Bible’ (as they like to say) contains … Continue reading →

FacebookTwitterGoogle+Linkedinemailne of the early manuscript reviewers of my book The Divine Symphony: An Exordium to the Theology of the Catholic Mass was my oldest daughter Daeleon. In consideration of the fact that I helped her pay for her B.A. Degree in English, I thought she could return Dad the favor. … Continue reading →

FacebookTwitterGoogle+Linkedinemailhere are many secrets of the Catholic Mass. I should preface it that by the term ‘secret’ I do not intend to convey an idea that the liturgy of the memorial sacrifice is gnostic or esoteric. Rather, that in all of Her liturgical rites, there are prayers and confessions that … Continue reading →

FacebookTwitterGoogle+Linkedinemail he faithful practice of what the Catholic Church teaches (i.e. Catholicism) in the West is dying and is on life-support. Whether you accept this statement – on face value – as being true depends solely upon what your understanding of what is meant by the phrase ‘faithful practice’. Continuing … Continue reading →