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True Prayer Leads to Action

True Prayer Leads to Action

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


"Love is found in deeds rather than in words," at least that's what St. Ignatius tells me. St. Gregory the Great seems to agree because he tells m..
Why Does God Give Us Commandments?

Why Does God Give Us Commandments?

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


If we are God's Children, then we are heirs to God's power and God's Kingdom. We are princes and princesses waiting to rule. Though we are princ..
Lent: Day Six

Lent: Day Six

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Every time I fail, it’s because I sacrificed what I want for what I want in the moment. Which brings me to St. Benedict’s second step towa..
Lent: Day Seven

Lent: Day Seven

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


A couple of years ago I was about to start my morning class, when I received an email from my supervisor at the time, telling me I had to use some boo..
Lent: Day Eight

Lent: Day Eight

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


When I was a young child, my mother said two things to me that offended me: The first was she told me that she thought the Beatles never should have m..
Lent: Day Nine

Lent: Day Nine

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


It feels like a month ago, but it’s only been a little over a week, when I thought about what humility is, and defined it in part as “an h..
Lent: Day Ten

Lent: Day Ten

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


I don’t believe that everything that happens is God’s will"I never have. I guess I understand in theory how people assume that. If God is ..
Sunday Morning

Sunday Morning

A Poem by AnastasiaBetts


What church going family hasn't experienced this? What mom hasn't felt this way? At the time I felt like I was the only one going through this... no..
Contraceptives and Catholics

Contraceptives and Catholics

A Story by Knight in Armor


Why the Catholic Church should reconsider their stance on contraceptives
Lent: Day Twelve

Lent: Day Twelve

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


St. Benedict’s eighth step to humility is:The eighth degree of humility is, when a monk does nothing but what is sanctioned by the common rule o..
Lent: Day Thirteen

Lent: Day Thirteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The ninth step of humility, according to St. Benedict, is:when a monk refrains from speaking, and does not speak until he is asked; for the Scripture ..
Lent: Day Fourteen

Lent: Day Fourteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


I’m going to interpret St. Benedict’s next step to humility as:NEVER LAUGH AT, DERIDE, OR MOCK ANYONE OR ANYTHING.If you read the rule, ho..
Lent: Day Fifteen

Lent: Day Fifteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The eleventh rung of humility is:SPEAK GENTLY, CALMLY, AND BRIEFLYThis makes me think of when Kevin Smith used to make films. His two returning charac..
Offending God

Offending God

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


I DARE YOU TO READ THIS!
The Marine

The Marine

A Story by Jenn K


Luke is a Marine that just returned from war. After seeing and experiencing the atrocities of war, he is now unable to face real life, but in an aband..
Lent Day Sixteen

Lent Day Sixteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The last step to humility, according to St. Benedict is to be humble in everything action.The twelfth degree of humility is, when a monk is not only h..
Lent: Day Seventeen--Even if God Doesn't Exist, God IS Real

Lent: Day Seventeen--Even if God Doesn't Exist, Go..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Every once in a while I run across an atheist who decides he is going to show my the error of my ways and the level of my delusion. A rational, educat..