Superior Priest

Who do you say that I am? Liar, Lunatic, Legend, or Lord?

 Jesus takes his disciples up to Caesarea Philippi and asks them “who do YOU say that I am?” This is an important question that Jesus asks us as well today. We proclaim his Lordship when we participate in the Mass and receive the Eucharist with reverence and truth.

It is pretty simple, just don’t mess it up and be Perfect.

 The perfection that the Gospel calls us to today is a hard goal to achieve. But we don’t judge it by the worlds goal of perfection, but God’s goal of perfection which is accomplishing what we are ordered to in our end. We are ordered in our end of perfection in Love with God in Heaven. The story of St. Maria Goretti and Alessandro teach us this path to perfection. We will be saved by our faith, but we will be judged on our love.

John the Baptist is Advent Incarnate! How can we live this Advent like John the Baptist?

 Advent is a strange time, when it isn’t Christmas yet, but yet we have plenty of Christmas music and parties. We prepare for Christmas during this Advent season not just by decorating, but preparing our heart. We prepare by living a life that points ourselves and others toward Jesus Christ. One way to do this is this Advent offer a sacrifice that makes yourself decrease and Jesus to increase.

Are we ready for the end of the World? Does your life Witness to God or to the world?

 

The end of the world is coming! Are you ready for the judgement of the Lord? We are called to give witness to the world with our life. If you live out your faith just in praying the meal prayer, going to Mass, and mentioning that you went to Mass when people ask you what you did this weekend; are all ways of witnessing your faith to others.

Merry Christmas everyone!!! This month we talk a little about Christmas: the origin of Santa Claus and why St. Nicholas is the champion of Christmas. Then we discuss an article that hit the news Dec. 18th  https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2017/12/18/am-roman-catholic-priest-and-yes-am-gay/960447001/ . Here is another article on this event, but I would not take all that this article says at face value as the National Catholic Reporter which claims itself as “The Independent News Source” is in fact often independent of Catholicism with its own slant and agenda https://www.ncronline.org/news/parish/god-bless-you-father-parishioners-support-pastor-who-reveals-he-gay . If you would like to learn more about Same Sex Attraction (SSA) and church teaching please reference these two videos: The Third Way: Homosexuality and the Catholic Church https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rgDLWOFCRA and Desire of the Everlasting Hills https://everlastinghills.org/ . If you would like to read more about it here are two easy books by

Eve Tushnet https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N2OISBK?tag=amz-mkt-chr-us-20&ascsubtag=1ba00-01000-org00-mac00-other-nomod-us000-pcomp-feature-scomp-wm-4-wl-ddt0_sce0_prc0_aapi0&ref=bit_scomp_sav0

and Daniel Mattson https://www.amazon.com/dp/1621640728?tag=amz-mkt-chr-us-20&ascsubtag=1ba00-01000-org00-mac00-other-nomod-us000-pcomp-feature-scomp-wm-4-wl-ddt0_sce0_prc0_aapi0&ref=bit_scomp_sav0

And if you want some serious essays here is Living the Truth in Love: Pastoral Approaches to Same-Sex Attraction https://www.amazon.com/Living-Truth-Love-Approaches-Attraction-ebook/dp/B014PZ5NW0/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1514334603&sr=8-1-fkmr2&keywords=the+truth+in+love+teaching+on+homosexuality

Here is an article I found helpful about how to judge sin, but not the person http://www.ncregister.com/blog/msgr-pope/how-to-respond-when-people-say-who-am-i-to-judge

Lastly, a resource I did not reference is an organization called “Courage” which does amazing work with both people who strouggle with Same-Sex Attraction as well as with their parents. This organization is fully fitting with that Catholic Church’s teaching on Same-Sex Atraction. Check out the website: https://couragerc.org/courage/about/

And Lastly, Lastly here are the relevant paragraphs on Homosexuality from the Catechism of the Catholic Church as well as a few on marriage that follow https://canonlaw.ninja/?nums=2357-2363&v=ccc

Advent is a strange time of preparation. The whole Christian life is a struggle of preparation and purification until the end of our life.

Happy New Year! Advent is a strange time of waiting and preparation even though the whole world is celebrating Christmas all month. Being on watch for a long time can be difficult. We get tired. The spiritual life can seem like a long and tiring fight against sin and toward holiness. Let us remember that Christ has won the war, but we are still in battle. Never give up the fight, keep up the good struggle.