Finding Truth in a Self-Centered World: Perspectives from Sacred Scripture

Learning to read profoundly shapes one’s life. I can only imagine how challenging it must be for someone who never had that opportunity. Those I have met who did not learn to read often express regret, feeling It is too late to start now and feel both empathy and frustration – frustration that society did not do more to empower them to thrive.

Prayer is Essential to Leading a Good Christian Life and Having a Relationship with God!

Being a Catholic Christian, though rewarding in many ways, can be difficult to practice if one is not active in the faith. The activity of which I am speaking is to take time to personally grow in faith beyond attending Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, living a sacramental life beyond Eucharist and Reconciliation and following the Gospel in reaching out to others. It is about understanding God’s gifts and how to best practice them.

Pope Francis Says It Is Our Civic Duty to Vote. When it Comes to Voting, Choose the Lesser Evil If Voting for Trump or Harris When It Comes to Migration and Abortion Issues!

In less than a month from now, registered Americans, including a number of 72 million Catholic registered American voters, will be asked to vote for a change in presidency. The two main candidates are former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Recently, Pope Francis was asked at a news conference to provide guidance to Catholic American voters as to how they should vote as it related to these two front runners.

“This One, At Last, Is Bone Of My Bones And Flesh Of My Flesh.”

Please note that I am not an expert in marriage or divorce counseling as it relates to our Gospel and readings in which both are referenced.  My blog this weekend is based on three perspectives: My own marriage of 56 years; Witnessing relative and friends’ marriages; and Meeting and talking with couples as a deacon either prior to a marriage in the Catholic Church or after a divorce of couples married either in or out of the Church.