Bulletin Articles

Sweetest Heart of Mary, St. Joseph, St. Josaphat

    On this page you will find links to the articles I have published in the parish bulletin. Most have an editorial character. Enjoy.

Contents of this page (click to go to corresponding heading):

1. The Latest Article

2. Series on Special Topics

    a. Our Lady of Guadalupe

    b. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit

    c. Charity in Speech, Slander, Calumny and Detraction

3. All Articles in Chronological Order

1. The Latest Article:

(05/20/2007) Mary, the Pope, Cana and Germany: They may have more in common than you think!

(05/27/2007) The Month of June is the Sacred Heart: Series on the Sacred Heart (1/5):Introducing the Feast - this year (2007), June 15

(06/03/2007) Popes and the Sacred Heart: Series on the Sacred Heart (2/5): Scarcely a Stronger Encouraged Devotion

(06/10/2007) The Bird’s Eye View: Series on the Sacred Heart (3/5): Overview of Encyclical on Devotion to the Sacred Heart

(06/17/2007) God’s Trifold Love: Series on the Sacred Heart (4/5): Jesus’ Divine Love, Spiritual Love and Affectionate Love

(06/24/2007) The Priestly Love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ: Series on the Sacred Heart (5/5): The Eucharist Keeps His Heart with Us until the End of Time

2. Series on Special Topics:

    Our Lady of Guadalupe

    Gifts of the Holy Spirit

    Charity in Speech, Slander, Calumy and Detraction

    Devotion to the Sacred Heart

3. Previous Articles (chronological order, latest on top):

(05/20/2007) Mary, the Pope, Cana and Germany: They may have more in common than you think!

(05/13/2007) Mother's Day in Heaven

(05/06/2007) How Does One Receive the Holy Spirit? The Sacrament of Confirmation

(04/29/2007) The Light of Virtue: Being Good Helps One Know What Is Good

(04/22/2007) Morality and the Law

(04/15/2007) Tips for a Good Confession on Divine Mercy Sunday

(04/08/2007) My Future Priestly Assignment: Go Out to All the World and Spread the Good News!

(04/01/2007) The Pope’s New Document: Sacramentum Caritatis: Post-Synodal Exhortation on the Eucharist... Important for Holy Week

(03/25/2007) The Angelus and the Annunciation: Nine Months before the Birth of Jesus the Lord; Prayers for Six, Noon and Six

(03/18/2007) Baptism This Easter: "Amen, Amen, I say to you no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit." (Jn 3:5)

(03/04/2007) Who Can Lay a Hand on the Lord’s Anointed and be Guiltless (1 Sam 26:9): On Charitable Speech and Slander (Part 9 and Final)

(02/25/2007) Strong in the Matter, Soft in the Manner: On Charitable Speech and Slander (Part 8)

(02/11/2007) He Who Controls His Tongue is a Pefect Man (James 3:2): On Charitable Speech and Slander (Part 7)

(02/11/2007) When We Must Call Evil by Its Own Name: On Charitable Speech and Slander (Part 6)

(02/04/2007) Speak about Others as You Would Have Them Speak about You: On Charitable Speech and Slander (Part 5)

(01/28/2007) My Little Collection of Knives... which I Found in My Back One Day...: On Charitable Speech and Slander (Part 4)

(01/21/2007) The Most Valuable Worldly Possession: One’s Good Name: On Charitable Speech and Slander (Part 3)

(01/14/2007) Let Us Suspect the Best and Never the Worst: On Charitable Speech and Slander (Part 2)

(01/07/2007) Children, Love One Another: On Charitable Speech and Slander (Part 1)

(12/31/2006) The Twelve Days of Christmas

(12/24/2006) Why did God Become Man? The Real Meaning of Christmas

(12/17/2006) Virgin Before birth, In Birth, and After Birth: “The Lord alone enters in and goes out by this gate” (Ez. 44:2)

(12/10/2006) Good King Wenceslaus: A Young Saint of Whom We Sing This Season

(12/03/2006) Reflections on the Date of Christmas: Substitution, not Development, of Roman Paganism
(11/26/2006) Prayer for the Pope, Nov. 28 - Dec. 1: The Spiritual Company and Entourage of our Holy Father

(11/19/2006) This is a “Rock-and-Roll Mass” Free Zone: The Liturgy is for Uplifting, not Entertaining

(11/12/2006) Tolerating Confusion: Can’t We Do Better Than Merely Tolerate One Another?

(11/05/2006) Catholic Moral Obligations When Voting: Basics on the Social Teaching of the Catholic Church

(10/28/2006) Centering Prayer: Not a Catholic Form of Prayer

(10/22/2006) Austria and the Rosary: A Great Victory over Soviet Atheism in 1955

(10/15/2006) God as your Counselor: Gifts of the Holy Spirit (8/8)
(10/08/2006) When did Jesus Learn that He Was the Messiah?
(10/01/2006) Catechetical Books: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
(09/17/2006) The Pope Visits his Bavarian Homeland: Reflections on Love of Neighbor... and Love of Liturgical Music
(09/10/2006) Digital Developments
(08/27/2006) Piety, by which we cry, "Abba, Father!": Gifts of the Holy Spirit (part 7 of 8)

(07/16/2006) Our Lady of Guadalupe (1/6): Our Pilgrimage, and the Beginning of the Narration of What Happened at Guadalupe

(07/23/2006) Our Lady of Guadalupe (2/6): Narration of What Happened, Nican Mopohua, Part II

(07/30/2006) Our Lady of Guadalupe (3/6): Narration of What Happened, Nican Mopohua, Part III

(08/06/2006) Our Lady of Guadalupe (4/6): Narration of What Happened, Nican Mopohua, Part IV

(08/13/2006) Our Lady of Guadalupe (5/6): Narration of What Happened, Nican Mopohua, Part V, and The Miraculous Image

(08/08/2006) Our Lady of Guadalupe (6/6): Narration of What Happened, Nican Mopohua, Final Part, Part VI

(06/25/2006) The Battle for Peace: The Church's Teaching on the Just War

(06/18/2006) Two Men for All Seasons: St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More

(06/11/2006) “The procession of my God and King into the sanctuary” (Ps 68:24): Corpus Christi Procession Next Week
(06/04/2006) Fortitude, Climbing the Mountain of God: Gifts of the Holy Spirit (part 6 of 8)
(05/28/2006) The Five Ways to Lose Your Faith: Problems and Solutions

(05/21/2006) The Da Vinci Code: A Few Answers

(05/14/2006) Wisdom, Thinking and Acting according to God: Gifts of the Holy Spirit (part 5 of 8)

(05/07/2006) You are living stones being built into a spiritual house (cf. 1 Pt 2:5): The Big Picture of Parish Life at St. Joseph

(04/23/2006) Knowledge from God’s Point of View: Gifts of the Holy Spirit (part 4 of 8)

(04/16/2006) In the Pattern of Christ: What Will the Resurrected Body Be Like?

(04/09/2006) Whom Do We Blame? The Cause of the Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ

(04/02/2006) Pilgrimage of Faith: Reporting to the Cluster on my Adventures Last Week

(03/19/2006) Draw Near to St. Joseph in All Your Needs: The Feast of St. Joseph

(03/26/2006) Holy Week, the Paschal Sacrifice of the Lord: What the Passion, the Eucharist and Martyrdom have in common

(03/12/2006) Understanding What Comes From God: Gifts of the Holy Spirit (part 3 of 8)
(03/05/2006) The Resurrection: Begin Lent with the End in Mind

(02/25/2006) On Fatima

(02/05/2006) Deeds vs. Fuzzy Feelings: The Error called “Fundamental Option”

(01/22/2006) Fear of the Lord: Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Part 2 of 8)

(01/22/2006) Assisted Suicide and Sins against Life

(01/15/2006) St. Anthony of the Desert

(01/08/2006) The Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Part 1 of 8)

(01/01/2006) Mother of God, Mother of Mercy

(12/25/2005) The Reading of Christ's Family Tree on Christmas: What to Do with a Genealogy?

(12/18/2005) Origin of Some Christmas Traditions

(12/11/2005) The Meaning of “Emmanuel”

(12/04/2005) The Vatican's Declaration Prohibiting Gay Men from Admission to Seminary and to Orders

(11/20/05) The Internet and Morality

(11/13/05) Love Has the Power to Save Every Family

(11/06/05) Introducing Myself at the New Cluster