The Roman Catholic

Tag:alcohol, catholic humor, catholic hymn, christian humor, christian hymn, cocktail, dinner, recipes, winePREACHER SAID:
‘If I had all the beer in the world, I’d take it and throw it into the river’’
And the congregation cried, ‘Amen! ‘
‘And if I had all the wine in the world, I’d take it and throw it in the river’
And the […]

Tag:catholic, confession, forgive, forgiveness, sacramentYesterday, I mentioned that I had attended the Enlightened Warrior Training Camp organized by Peak Potentials Training last week.
During one of the sessions known as Predicament, I learnt how to make a great confession. The beauty of this is that Enlightened Warrior Training is not even a religious event but definitely […]

Tag:catholic mass, eucharist mass, holy mass, roman catholic massLast week I attended a training camp organized by Peak Potentials Training. The camp was called Enlightened Warrior Training Camp. The objective of the camp was to transform a person into someone who will be able to conquer oneself.
Althoough this was a secular camp, I came away […]

Tag:jesus coming, jesus return, jesus returns, left behind, rapture, second coming, the raptureJesus is coming soon.
I must have seen this message on bumper sticker many times, but only yesterday I took notice of it.
My reaction when I saw the message yesterday was, “so what”.
Are we as Catholics living our lives in anticipation of Jesus’ return? Do […]

Tag:commandment, God, loveAt a recent weekend Mass, our parish priest was feeling disheartened about the lack of interest of parishioners for the BECs (Basic Ecclesial Communities).
He practically lambasted us during sermon and challenged us to show our love for God by being more involved in the BECs and church activities.
Is it right to measure our […]

Tag:downs syndrome, pro life, sarah palinSarah Palin’s selection as running mate of John McCain, has caused a massive amount of discussion about Down’s Syndrome babies.
Many are encouraged and awed by Governor Palin’s courage and pro-life attitude to give birth to a Down’s Syndrome baby, Trig, although she knew that Trig had this condition during gestation. […]

Tag:alpha and omega, creation, creator, father, God, immortal, soul, spiritWe Christians are familiar with Jesus’ saying that He is the Alpha and the Omega.
It dawned on me that I too have existed from the beginning of time (or even before) and will exist even after time ends.  Is this a challenge to Jesus and blasphemy?
What […]

Tag:ahmadinejad, cyrus, iran, islam, israel, jews, persiaThe first reading of Sunday, 10/19 is a fascinating text that made my mind travel through time - from about 530 B.C. to 2008 A.D.
My mind was juxtaposing King Cyrus against President Ahmadinejad. The only commonality among them are that both are Persians and both are rulers of the […]

Tag:daily, everyday, joy, living, pray, prayerHere are some tips to live a great and joyful day today, tomorrow, day after tomorrow and everyday after that.
1. Wake Up!!  Decide to have a good day. ‘Today is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.’ Psalms 118:24
2. Dress Up!! The best […]

Tag:expands, focus, God, law of attraction, loveThis story is related to the Law of Attraction that has been made famous by the book and movie titled, The Secret. The principle of the Law of Attraction I wish to refer to is that “what we focus on expands”.
This evening I overheard Carol (my wife) remind Jason, […]