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Why Isn’t Ash Wednesday a Holy Day of Obligation?
Why is Ash Wednesday not a holy day of obligation? A holy day is a day that has been consecrated for God, so in that sense Ash Wednesday is a holy da…
6 years, 2 months ago
When Your Desires and God’s Plans Are Different
Just because you desire something deeply doesn’t mean it’s God’s plans for you. Sometimes our desires and God’s will are different. Our desires are n…
6 years, 2 months ago
Even More Questions from the Internet about Priests
Fr. Mike follows up on his episode “Answering the Internet’s Most Asked Questions about Priests” with answers to even more questions from the interne…
6 years, 2 months ago
BONUS: Telling the Story of God’s Love
Fr. Mike speaks about evangelization, new media, and telling the story of God’s love at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. Addressing fu…
6 years, 2 months ago
Answering the Internet’s Most Asked Questions About Priests
Fr. Mike is at the library of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, and he’s answering the most asked questions about priests and the priest…
6 years, 2 months ago
Is Swearing a Sin?
Fr. Mike comments on whether swearing, as in using vulgar language, is a sin. He gives three times when using vulgar words can be sinful:
If I use t…6 years, 3 months ago
Why Is Taking the Lord’s Name in Vain Wrong?
There is a beauty in the fact that God shares his very name with us. He gives us his name so that we can call upon him in prayer, hold him in our hea…
6 years, 3 months ago
How Catholics Should Connect with Others
There’s justice and prudence and temperance and fortitude, faith, and hope, and love. But do you recall the social virtues at all? Thankfulness and a…
6 years, 3 months ago
Hope in the New Year
With each new year come new hopes, new plans, and new opportunities. Fr. Mike points out that this optimism and this “spirit” of New Year’s is a grea…
6 years, 3 months ago
Having Joy in Uncertainty
The only things we can be certain about are the things that have already happened to us in the past, and we live in a perpetual state of uncertainty …
6 years, 3 months ago