While reading Pope Benedict’s “The Presence of the Lord in the Sacrament” in God is Near Us I was reminded of the importance of complete bodily worship, and ashamed to realize that I do not sing. Even when praying the liturgy of the hours I simply read the hymns. I “know” the importance of music, [...]
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In Singing, The Affection Of One Loving
Posted in Prayer Also tagged Augustine, Catholicism, God is Near Us, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Music, Sining, Worship 6 Comments
Going to Hell
At the end of last September I realized that I was headed toward hell.1 I sat in Adoration reading random chapters from Schönborn’s My Jesus and wondering what on earth I was doing with my life.
Schönborn quoted Matthew 25:31-46 and then he wrote:
It is God’s Final Judgement. But how will it come about? What standard [...]
Posted in Catholicism Also tagged A Swift Kick, Hell, Salvation, Schönborn, Sins of Omission, Teresa of Avila, Works of Mercy 5 Comments
Love: Or Why I Do Not Try To Convert You
I am a Catholic of the sort who really loves being Catholic. You know, the sort who goes to Church six days a week and is sad on the seventh (which is today, but I guess it is good penance for a Friday?). I do not simply love practicing Catholicism, I really believe that the [...]
