I had been a Catholic only for a few years when one day I casually engaged in a pleasant conversation with a kind Catholic lady. She seemed to be interested in my conversion, how have I started to write about the faith and so on. At one point she said: "Well, like the Bible clearly says 'Act as if you have faith and faith will be given to you.'" I was familiar with the phrase, having heard it for the first time from the lips of Paul Newman in Sidney Lumet's The Verdict. There Frank Galvin (Paul … [Read more...]
Deviant Priest Association Enlists Pro-LGBT Speakers for Annual Conference
The Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP) is holding its 2022 Annual Assembly in Baltimore MD, June 20-23. As reported earlier this week, the AUSCP bestowed two champions of the homosexualist movement with its highest award. According to the AUSCP Assembly schedule, this year’s theme is “Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future.” Based on the above-mentioned awards and the scheduled slate of speakers, it appears that the AUSCP is dreaming of a decidedly homosexual and dissident path for … [Read more...]
US Bishop-Backed Priest Association Honors LGBT Champions
The Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP) is once again holding its Annual Assembly, this time in Baltimore, MD, June 20-23. We’ve reported on a number of past AUSCP events and issued reports on AUSCP rhetoric concerning women’s ordination to the priesthood and AUSCP’s membership in an international network of dissident organizations. This year, it appears the AUSCP is back at it again. According to an AUSCP press release, it is bestowing its 2022 St. John XXIII Award to two champions of … [Read more...]
Sign and Destiny
The present post is part of my incoming new book They Asked For A Sign — Peter the Fisherman Meaning and Destiny. In the book I try to explain how Peter is part of the promised "Sign of Jonah" a mystery presented to us as a man: the Fisherman. Writer and readers will follow Peter through the Gospels to learn about the meaning of his life and the mystery of his predestination to be the rock of the Church Militant subsisting on Earth until the End of Times, the New Israel. Please pray for the … [Read more...]
Who’s Fishing Who?
"Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if He wants anything of you, he will fit you for the work and give you strength." - St. Philip Neri Our story begins as Jesus starts gathering his disciples. The following passage of the Gospel of John will allow us to glean some interesting information about Simon Peter, the fisherman from Galilee. The next day John [the Baptist] again was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, ‘Look, here is … [Read more...]