Hi everyone – HAPPY PENTECOST SUNDAY – May 27, 2012! We celebrate the conclusion of the 50 days of Easter, the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and the Birth of the Catholic Church. The readings for today can be found at: https://usccb.org/bible/readings/052712-mass-during-the-day.cfm. As always, thanks for reading and all your feedback! […]
Category: Dating Advice
The world is full of dating advice – much of which is toxic and damaging to relationships. We approach dating advice from the perspective of Catholic teachings as they relate to the persons and the role that dating and romantic relationships play in our lives as Christians.
In this section, we’ll explore dating advice for first time dates as well as advice for those who are going on their 20th date. More importantly, we’ll look at why relationships sometimes fail and what it takes to make the work.
Dear Michele: Attracted to Unavailable Men
Hello Michele,I have been single now for 3 years and feel that I am ready to start a new relationship. I am a member of several good catholic dating sites and there is a great deal of good men. However, so far I have not yet been successful in establishing any relationship. My concern is […]
Dear Michele: Believing Church Teaching on Sex
Dear Michele;For years I have disregarded the Church teaching on premarital sex; due to positive changing events in my spiritual life I now want to wait until after marriage. My question is, when should you put the brakes on when it comes to making out with someone you are seeing? Signed, Finally Believing Church Teaching […]
A PARENTS PRAYER
Hi everyone, here’s my homily for the SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – May 20, 2012. The readings can be found at https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/052012-seventh-sunday-of-easter.cfm Thanks as always for reading & all your feedback. God Bless, Fr. Jim HOMILY: One of my closest friends from college was out to visit a couple of weeks ago, as she did […]
MOTHERHOOD AND TRUE LOVE
Hi everyone – here’s my homily for the SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – May 13, 2012. The readings for today can be found at https://usccb.org/bible/readings/051312.cfm . Thanks for reading and for your feedback. God Bless – Fr. Jim HOMILY: There’s a story that has circulated for some time that says that the maternal instinct is […]
Dear Michele: Am I Being Played?
Michele,How do you know if you’re being played? A guy from this site sent me a smiley and rose, I sent a thank you back to him. He emailed me and then we emailed back and forth for just under a month. Made arrangements to meet this past Sat he called Fri and cancelled. Then […]
STEPHEN COLBERT & ME – HOW CATHOLIC ARE WE?
Here’s my homily for the FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – May 6, 2012. The readings for today can be found at https://usccb.org/bible/readings/050612.cfm. As always, thanks for reading and all your feedback! To our students at MSU – will be missing seeing you every Sunday Night (and in between for that matter). Will be posting my […]
Dear Michele: Should I Forgive?
Dear Michele,My husband and I are divorcing. He left me in December and I later found out that he was having an affair. He would like to reconcile, but is not admitting to the affair. He only admits that he has had an “inappropriate friendship”. There is plenty of evidence and testimonies to the contrary. […]
GIVE ME MY KIDNEY BACK
Hi everyone, here’s my homily for the FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – April 29, 2012 – The readings can be found at https://usccb.org/bible/readings/042912.cfm . As always thanks for reading and all your feedback – Fr. Jim HOMILY: Well here’s a “sad but true” story if there ever was one: On Monday there was a front-page […]
YOU ARE WITNESSES TO THESE THINGS
Hi everyone, here is my homily for the THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER – April 21, 2012. The readings for today’s Mass can be found at https://usccb.org/bible/readings/042212.cfm . As always, thanks for all your feedback! God Bless Fr. Jim HOMILY: So about a week or so ago, James Cameron’s mega-hit movie from 1997 Titanic was re-released […]
