My response to Fr. Dwight Longenecker’s Comments About Tough-Talk Preaching at Mass.
Tag: Mass

After Receiving Communion
Here Are Some Prayers You Might Consider After Returning to Your Pew After Receiving Holy Communion

Is “Being Good” enough to Get Into Heaven Without Mass?
The statement, “I don’t have to go to mass to be a good person”, is self-deception, and a flawed claim that ignores the bigger eternal point.

Mass Hysteria?
It seems to have become stylish for Catholics to complain about the mass. But that behavior is always out of style if we intend to become saints.

The Case for Religious Freedom [That the Bishops SHOULD be Making]
The Catholic churches in America are making faulty arguments in defense of our rights to attend mass. Here’s what they should be saying, and why.

Vigano Calls for Mass Exorcism
Some priests are talking like characters in a storybook. But others are sounding like they’re real.

The Coronapocolypse
The Coronavirus pandemic is playing out more like an apocalypse than a virus pandemic. What should Catholics actually be doing during this trial?

In Good Care
Growing in holiness and ridding ourselves of our vices is hard work. But as Catholics, our souls are in good care

Joy and Thanksgiving
Joy and thanksgiving seem like corny, melodramatic words. But they have a deep and rich importance in our human experience, and it’s important to grow in our understanding of them, and to express them in […]

Save the Church! Start With Yourself.
The Church is always in need of rebuilding and renewal. The Apostles were scattered at Gethsemane; only John, and the Holy Virgin were present at the cross. So many disciples abandoned Jesus when the Word […]