Superior Priest

What is Truth?

21Nov21 (21King). Truth is a difficult subject. What is true and how can we know what we know? We need to always approach it with humility, but not total skepticism. We do not believe in a relativistic truth because that is unreasonable, however we also don’t go along with the woke understanding of truth either. We seek the truth by listening to Jesus’ voice. Truth is truth.

Perspective of Death

14Nov21 (21bO33). St. Francis de Sales in his meditations wants us to meditate on our death. We should all remember our own death to put our whole life in perspective. Meditating on death helps us to prepare, not be afraid, and give us proper perspective. We hear about the end of the world. We know the world will end however the more important question is “Are you ready?” . The only two certainties of this life are death and taxes. We need to get ready to die at any moment. It is spiritually helpful to meditate on death so why don’t we do that right now.

More Important?

31Oct21 (21bO31). There is nothing more important in our life than to follow God’s commandments to love Him with our whole mind, heart, and soul and neighbor as ourselves. If we place anything as more important than we are breaking God’s commandments. If we cannot fulfill our Sunday Obligation, we should take a second look if we really love God with everything. Love God by loving your neighbor (especially in prayer).

We Are Not Normal

24Oct21 (21bO30). Sometimes we can be too tied up with being normal that we miss the necessity of Christian radical living. Christians are not called to be normal in this world. We shouldn’t be weird, but we also shouldn’t just be normal. In fact, in many ways not being normal of the world is the way that God wants us to bless the world.

Does God Answer All Prayers?

17Oct21 (21bO29). Prayer is tricky. Do we always get whatever we want? God answers our prayers, but sometimes his answer is “No” or “I am going to do better”. God knows much more than us. We need to trust that he hears and answers our prayers, but not in our way, but in the full goodness of God’s plan. Even good things we ask for can less good than God’s desire. He can answer by not answering. It isn’t a matter of praying just right but with the right receptive spirit. “Thy will be done”.

Too Hard?

10Oct21 (21bO28). It is amazing what we are willing to do for sports or other things that we love. It doesn’t seem like a chore to wake up early to train or practice. Many things in Catholicism can seem like a drag. Is it because they are difficult, or because we don’t think they are important? Getting to heaven is not easy. We are rich and it is impossible for us to get to heaven. We need try more than avoid sin, but pursue perfection in Charity.

Holy Matrimony

03Oct21 (21bO27). Jesus seriously meant this teaching on divorce. Men and women are created equal but not identical. Their complimentary that is so special that when a man and women come together that God has ordered creation as to bring forth life.

Bullies of insecurity

26Sep21 (21bO26). Bullies are often bullies because they are insecure/jealous and have been bullied themselves. We want to prevent bullying attitudes by living in security ourselves. We do that by living in gratitude and knowing who God is, what the Church is, and ultimately who we are. Dominus Iesus, is one of my favorite documents of the church by Cardinal Ratzinger explaining our relationship to other religions and denominations. It helps to know who we are before we start making comparisons and similarities. https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20000806_dominus-iesus_en.html

Priority and Struggle of Catechesis

19Sep21 (21bO25). USCCB have named this Sunday Catechetical Sunday. I give some history of Catechesis. Our children are watching and see almost everything. We teach our children not by just sending them to CCD, but how parents live it out.

Amen: #9/9 Bread of Life Series

12Sep21(21bO24). #9/9 Bread of Life Series.  Peter professes that Jesus is the Christ and then tries to rebuke Jesus for his talk. Jesus rebukes Peter and calls him “Satan”. How do we think as God and not as men? Make acts of Faith. The most powerful act of faith we make is going to Sunday Mass. Within Mass the “AMEN” is the most important act of faith we make in the Mass. Here are some practicals.