The Wicked Heart Blinds Us to What is Important.
The wicked heart blinds us to what is important. The reading on Sunday Sept 22, 2024 were a potent reminder of that fact and that we need to be aware of the movement of our own heart. The first reading was from the book of Wisdom (2:12, 17-20) The wicked say: “Let us beset the […]
Stop Getting Hammered By Life
My father, of blessed memory, taught each of his six kids how to swim in the ocean at the Jersey shore. He taught us that the waves came in cycles, how to recognize and survive an undertow, how to swim beyond the breakers and how to body surf – my favorite shore activity, other than […]
We Catholic Business Leaders are in the world – in the midst of this storm.
“We are in the world now as Christs; in the midst of this storm. We are here to keep Christianity alive, to keep Christianity pure, intact, to ensure by our own lives in Christ that the gates of hell shall not prevail against Christendom. This cannot be done if there is the least compromise with […]
A Guide to Surviving Spiritual Warfare
I wrote this guide to surviving spiritual warfare and it was delivered to the Attollo groups this month. The links to the resources for this guide are at the bottom of this blog. Surviving spiritual warfare requires a skill called situational awareness. We’ll provide a global view of the battlefield you were born into. Situational […]
Three Signs of a Communist / Tyrannical Country
I am attending a three evening in-person workshop by Father Chad Ripperger on the nature of spiritual warfare – the battleground, the nature of the enemy and how to defend against attacks by the enemy. The discourse on the demonic has been both fascinating and sobering. I teach the concept of situational awareness to the […]
The Mystery Made Present To Us | A Pre-Christmas Reflection
The following is an excerpt of a homily by Alfred Delp, S.J., priest and martyr. A link to the full sermon is below. Written almost eighty years ago, nothing much has changed with regard to the state of mankind. For Christians and all people of goodwill reflect on the words of Fr. Delp to help […]
In Search of the Prodigal Son Who Never Came Home.
What if – in the parable of the prodigal son – the son, instead of returning home broken and starving, never returned after he left home having received from his father the share of property that was due him? What if the reason the son didn’t return was due to the fact that his newly […]
Betrayed by a kiss. Now that’s low!
Satan has a way of knowing how to get us at our lowest moments and where it will hurt us the most. He does his “best” (worst) work by finding the most painful memory or personal interaction to use against us to try and destroy us emotionally then spiritually. The people closest to us can […]
Satan’s Sense of Urgency
Satan must have watched the movie “Glengarry Glen Ross” as he uses the ABC approach to sales. ABC is an old acronym used in sales which still works very well for Satan. ABC means Always Be Closing. Satan also uses its sales cousin – AIDA – Attention Interest Decision, Action. There’s one important quote from […]
When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going
Before we experience a springtime in the Catholic Church we will need to endure winter. I don’t have a copy of the Catholic Farmers Almanac (if there was such a thing) but my guess is that it’s predicting a very cold, harsh, long and unrelenting winter and very much needed. The upcoming season will separate […]