From Fr. Alban Goodier’s Spiritual Excellence:

…We should be confident that no good deed we ever do is wasted. It is true we may fail in our immediate object; we may not always gain the good effect we intended. We may work for a conversion, and our friend may die without any sign of havi...

The week off was great. I thought and I prayed and I received guidance form the most unlikely sources. I’ll spare you the details of the journey and just share the two basic conclusions I’ve reached...

You know, I think I’m going to take a break. I need to spend some time thinking about what I want to do in 2009 — personally, as well as with this apostolate. I’ll be back on Sunday, January 4.

Have a happy New Year...

It’s been a good six months. This Apostolate has taken off to a much better start than I either hoped or expected. I’ve written a lot since July: averaging 555 words a day, I’ve written over 100,000 words, which is the length of a standard novel. Based on the number of hits as wel...

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If we think about Christian morality in terms of rules and laws, we think about it incorrectly. Christian morality’s key term is “restoration.” Christ came to restore us, to heal us, and to raise us to a new level...

No new episode today, unfortunately, but I will have one up next Sunday. In the meantime, I want to re-introduce the podcast to you.

For those who do not listen to the podcast . . . 

The Jesus and the Catholic Church Podcast is a podcast that follows the life of Christ as outlined by St. Ignatius...

1 — Excerpt from my book on the Trinity

I pulled out the book I wrote on the Trinity and read bits and pieces here and there. It smacks of graduate-school prose. Here’s an excerpt:

The problem with Origen is that he leaned too much on Neo-Platonic philosophy — a philosophy that has...

In the previous post entitled, “How to Practice Poverty Today,” Perry left the following comment:

I too struggle with this beatitude.  Part of my problem stems from trying to understand “poverty of spirit”.  I’m always asking myself the questions: Do I try to increase my income...

The section of the Catechism that treats Catholic morality is called “Life in Christ.” Section One is called “Man’s Vocation: Life in the Spirit.” Chapter One is entitled “The Dignity of the Human Person.” And then we get to the first article: “Our Voc...