Category Archives: Sin

Hook up Sex:Pride and Predjudice and Porn

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

My favorite deacon and I often are asked by teens and young adults how is it  possible to live a chaste life in sex saturated culture.  It is assumed that dating is for sex and not for finding a spouse. … Continue reading →

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Fast and pray to fight porn addiction

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

Porn addiction is becoming increasingly prevalent in our sex saturated culture.  Active Catholics—including seminarians—are not immune from the allure of pornography.  The problem is that it can be hard to avoid.  It arrives, unsolicited, in our email in boxes. The … Continue reading →

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Raised Catholic but

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

When you have been lurking around the web for a while, you begin to identify certain opening salvos that are red flags to red meat Catholics: “I was raised Catholic” “I used to be an altar server” “I am an … Continue reading →

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God’s Word: Not For Wimps

Posted on July 24, 2010 by

Archbishop Chaput has,IMHO, a profound article over at First Things: Fire On The Earth: God’s New Creation and the Meaning of Our Lives. Excerpt: One of my favorite Christian authors, writing about the Christianity of his day, said that popular … Continue reading →

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