Rome 120

God is everywhere and His message is clear. Just take a look at the apparitions in Guadalupe, Fatima, and Lourdes. Our Lady shows up, at first quietly, to the most humble. She visits with the the peasant boy, the poor villager children, and the illiterate girl gathering firewood. The message always is given to the ones with no civic standing, money, or station in life. Then everytime, she articulates God's love, His expectations of us, and His accountabilities. We should all take note.

It ain't perfect, but its family. The primary functional unit of all of society is family. Such is God's wish. He wants families to raise the kids, manage the economics, and work to build the best version of the world. But... that ain't no easy task.

#family #home #broken #functional #dysfunction #love #God #mass

We all love shouting at the TV and mocking the talking heads who live on the other side of the isle from us. Politics is a dirty business that is somebody elses problem. Wrong. The Church gives us a pretty clear campaign strategy on who is to be involved in civil service, and how.

#campaign #politics #lawandorder #getinvolved #notmeyou #sundayfunday #catechism

We gotta get to work and help out around here. Scripture and catechism is clear that we get our marching orders through the Spiritual and Corporal works of mercy. Doesn't matter how many football games are on, the barca lounger is not our vehicle to salvation.

#work #poor #help #mercy #charity #hustle #faith #catholic

Darkness and light are two forces most certainly at work in our world. Stay off the Ouija board. Our catechism is clear on all the wierdness out there. Stay close to God and we're in good shape.

#occult #strangerthings #magic #sorcery #darkness #light #salvation #god #goodness

Why is their even a little disbelief? The magnificence of Christendom is everywhere. Its easy to see in the great stories of the Gospels as well as in the lives of the great saints. Christendom is the single, incredible source of the good life now and the great life hereafter. Maybe we should take a little deeper look.

#xavier #matthew #feed #miracles #healing #jesus #conversions #faith #youdoyou

The deacon. Who is this guy? Let's do a quick dive into the GIRM on the role of a deacon in our great faith. The guy commonly mistaken as the giant altar boy has quite a role.

#deacon #GIRM #catholic #history #mass #assist #sundayfunday

Christ the King. That phrase is powerful, but where does it come from? Most of us don't have time to spend two decades in a dusty library getting a Phd in theology. We just want someone to answer the questions. Give me something I can understand, quick. My work break is only 15 minutes, come on... Two minutes on the greatest political claim in history.

#king #un #politics #God #oldtestament #newtestament #bible #catholic #beers

There's a famous country song that says we should 'live like we were dying'. Well yes. As Catholics our baptism seals us for God, which frankly sets us up to die. The faithful have the gift of dying in the comfort of God. But, we gotta hang in there all the way.

#life #dying #death #faith #funeral #lastrites #catholic

Every time you drop 5 bucks on a capuccino you have a monk to thank for it. Dating all the way back to the Battle of Vienna the history of the morning Joe reads like a spy novel. Gotta start somewhere.

#coffee #catholic #vienna #capuccino #faith #love #joe