Category Archives: Sacraments

Holy Week: It is time to Confess

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Susan Kehoe

Another reason to be careful what you post on Facebook.  H/T Deacon Greg

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Mass on a Mountain

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Susan Kehoe

Oh boy. I really have to get into a blog (reading and posting) routine. Our pastor is climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, and I missed a picture on the Diocese of Des Moines Facebook page. But Deacon Greg is, as always, on … Continue reading →

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Why Confession?

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

Because there is great rejoicing in heaven when one sinner repents and turns back to the Lord. But why do I ask? Well a commentator on this post on the National Catholic Register proposed a throw down. “What does the … Continue reading →

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The First Baptists…

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

were Jewish. Oy Vey! Taylor Marshshall (H/T New Advent) writes:   Saint Justin Martyr explains in his Dialogue with Trypho that there was a first century Jewish sect known as the “Baptists.” Saint Epiphanius records that they were a strict subset … Continue reading →

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Shaw: Contraception one reason for Catholic flight from confession

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

Russell Shaw of Our Sunday Visitor thinks that  one of the reasons Catholics avoid confession is because they are pro contraception. Excerpt This year as in other recent Lents, dioceses and parishes across the country are making a push to … Continue reading →

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Confession and the Lost Son

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

Chapter 15 of the Gospel of Luke consists of three Parables: The parable of the Lost Sheep, the lost Coin and the lost Son.   The “moral” of these stories is that God rejoices when sinners repent.  All of Heaven rejoices! … Continue reading →

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Confession App is not a substitute for the Confessional UPDATE

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

From tweets to talk radio the buzz is that the new iPad Confession app replaces confession with a Priest. Absolutely not!  The sacrament of reconciliation and penance requires, without out exception, confession to a priest. Oh and not a virtual … Continue reading →

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Feast Day: The Conversion of St. Paul

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

By his own account, St. Paul was an enthusiastic Jewish persecutor of the first Christians.  In his zeal for the law, he was responsible for the death and imprisonment of many Christian men and women.  He was present at the … Continue reading →

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Love, Marriage, Babies: In That Order Please

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

Deacon Larry and I are involved in Baptismal Preparation.  And of course Deacon actually Baptizes!  Last  Sunday he Baptized five beautiful babies. But Catholics are not immune to the cultural zeitgeist which does not value marriage or children. Monsignor Pope … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile, Back at the ranch……..

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

Well we are back from Denver. Lord, I really hate the drive. Ten long hours, and Nebraska is really really flat. But it was great to be able to spend some time with my parents. The traffic in Denver is … Continue reading →

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