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You are blaming God for things that He didn't do. 1) We have freewill and so do other people. If they make bad choices that affect you, that's on them, not God and not you. 2) We choose how we respond to every situation. He can give us the grace to respond appropriately, but we must ask for it. 3) I...

Criteria - 1) strictly bands and not individuals or individuals that led a band like Jimi Hendrix or Tom Petty. 2) overall body of work, total album sales, the # of songs that charted off those albums or the album itself achieved Gold+ status. This eliminates bands who had one stellar album and live...

Our Parish in Little Rock had a guy who wasn't Catholic as our music director. Music was excellent and orthodox except for once a year, at Easter, when the baptismal promises renewal and sprinkling of water rite. They always sang the song, with a New Orleans Jazzy flavor, "Wading in the Water&q...

Reminds me of the response from teachers when I asked how to spell a word, "Go look it up in the dictionary."

Doom wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2025 12:49 pm I don't remember ever saying that you might be thinking of someone else, but it may be a good saying if it means what I take it to mean, namely that it can take a long time to wear away the rough edges.

I was quoting Father with my comment.

As a priest, can I comment on the "blind eye to the dysfunction" part? Sometimes we're just not aware; more often, there's not a whole lot we can do about it. It turns out to be very hard to change people. All we can do most of the time is try to nudge them in the right direction. Reminds...

One thing that I learned from my bullying experiences is that bullies are very insecure at heart, and they are lashing out from their own pain. I don't think that is true in general; some people are just cruel and cannot empathize with anyone else, and some people are just monsters by nature. I've ...

I frequently now attend but am having difficulty contending with the idea that there are SO many different religions, and I see them separate from one another. Doesn't Jesus say we all should become one. An ex roman catholic priest (now doing episcopal sermons) told me that roman catholics think th...

These make sense. Thank you.

My MIL (RIP) was very Catholic, orthodox in her faith, and also very charismatic. From my point of view, the style of worship has a strong emotional component along with physical manifestations of that emotional "connection" (i.e., raising up of arms, eyes-closed with head tilted back, etc...

I hear people all the time say “OMG” or “Lord help” (including Priests).

Do either of these qualify?

We are obligated to give the most charitable interpretation of what the Pope says and assume he's being misunderstood or taken out of context.

That being said, I'm running out of charity these days.

Good to hear from you!

Welp, saw that it was fixed after I made my last post.

So, a month or so ago, our electric dryer stopped working. It would come on, but, heat would never go on. DS ordered a new heating element and installed it, the problem persisted. Assuming it was the dryer, I bought a new dryer which was to be delivered on Saturday. Came home from work on Thursday,...

55 almost 56 here.... Years ago when the wife and I went to Rome for a week, we put together our wills in case something happened so the kids would be taken care of. We also included a separate set of instructions - the kids should be raised Catholic, we wanted a full funeral mass, and things like t...

Pete should have exhibited humility. If he had, he'd been forgiven and in the hall.

especially since players who got caught using steroids in the early 2000s are in there Who? https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/sports/mlb/mlb-biggest-scandals-steroids-gambling-sign-stealing/3369188/#:~:text=Steroid%20Era&text=Barry%20Bonds%2C%20Roger%20Clemens%2C%20Mark,hormone%20from%20Biogen...

My wife of over 58 years died last week after 12 years of suffering from extreme dementia. That's a nightmare for her caregiver. I composed a prayer that helped: "Help me Father. Help me to love this woman more today than I loved her yesterday. Help me to love her even more tomorrow. Help me t...