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Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon her.
May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God,
rest in peace. Amen.

My...

I think that there is a sore lack of what Bishop Barron is doing: discussing current events from a Catholic perspective, and exploring Catholic doctrine in terms of current events.

You don't need...

I don't see any defense here. I see someone investigating a claim about the motivation behind the satanic holiday, not the holiday itself.

This seems to me completely in keeping with the Catholic...

I destroyed poor Harold Camping. I feel sorry for him and all others who cling to these predictions.

Christ, both in person and through His Church, told everyone how to be saved. He withheld this essential truth from nobody.

Why would He then hide other essential truths from almost everybody......

I always give the same answer when this and similar topics come up: As Catholics, we are not required to believe in this prophesy. If you find that the prophesy helps you by spurring you into action...

We do our "second collection" after Communion.

I see a lot of myself in Pontius Pilate, and a lot of Pilate in me.

I have many bad habits—mostly things that I don't do that I should do—that have eroded my ability to see my action (or inaction)...

Although I have trouble with the description "nearly good", if I had to use it I would apply it to those who do have things in balance, but struggle to live up to the Christian ideal. Someone who...

Pontius Pilate is, for me, the quintessential politician. He doesn't do what is right: He does what is expedient. Right and wrong are subservient to political ends. For me, it is all wrapped up in...

And yet you would not extend that same mercy to a bunch of badly behaved LGBT activists. Perhaps I read something into your original post that was not there, but it sounded to me as though you would...

I think that you have an exaggerated and twisted view of the "senior clergymen" of whom you speak. Is there perhaps a little personal pride involved, as in, "If I were bishop, things would be better,...

May St. Joseph the Worker intercede for you in your struggles.

I had to undergo psychological testing, but not physical testing. Of course, the diocese wasn't promising to look after me for the rest of my life, as they would for a priest, so maybe it wasn't seen...

carpe bissextum diem

("Seize the leap day")

I know of no such measures in my diocese, although I believe that seminarians and applicants must undergo a medical test. That would be the logical place to make the determination.

Good video. I didn't have time to watch all of it, but what I saw taught me a lot.

Even before the funeral began, when the priest saw the crowd and read the room, he switched from a funeral Mass...

Not to my knowledge. We do have procedures in case of protests or other interruptions. We could use those same procedures in cases like this, but funerals are more delicate matters and usually we...

Some commentators are decrying the fact that there was a funeral at all, which I think is going too far.

My canon law professor addressed the topic of funerals for people who did not appear to...

I have never seen an official formula for the Examination of Conscience. If there were one, the first place I would look would be Reconiliatio et Paenitentia.

I agree with you. While it is poor form to be distracted during the consecration, calling someone else's attention to that fact means, de facto, that one is also distracted....

I think that these...

Getting upset is a venial sin at best. A mortal sin i would be deciding to do something evil as a result and then following through with an evil action.

You are not committing sacrilege.

For what it's worth, your story reminds me of something that happened at my former workplace years ago. The company where I worked was family-run and a great place to work, until they turned the...

My personal approach? I side with Father, but it's not an easy path.

The easiest thing to do is to take a hard line and keep nagging them until they change (unlikely) or leave (more likely). When...

Even if there were such a rule, it would be something that the bishop of the place could easily dispense.

We did the same thing in Vancouver during COVID restrictions.