A Mustard Seed: Mark 4:26-34

He said,”This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how. Of its own accord the land yields fruit, first the blade, then

Happy Birthday Humanae Vitae

Pope Paul VI’s encyclical turns forty today! If you’ve never read it check out the link. It’s an insightful and prohpetical letter. Here is the opening: The transmission of human life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with God the Creator. It has always been a source of

Jesus Gives Us His Mother: Part I

When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple there whom He loved, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.   John 19: 26-27 It is said that we as Christians have become the family

Lenten Reflection Week 3: John 19:26-27

When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. As we’ve seen the past two weeks, Jesus is extremely forgiving and merciful….and this

The Doctrine of Universal Salvation also known as Apokatastasis

I came across an article that references the Roman Catholic Church as teaching this doctrine. The article seemed very slanted in it’s presetation of the facts, particularly when quoting the Catechism and John Paul II documents even our Catholic prayers. I called upon my former Pastor to explain this to me in layman’s terms. Here