Ite Ad Joseph

The Sacraments help us move from "staring" to "preparing" for the kingdom of heaven. 

Night at the Roxbury, Foreigner, and why the proper definition of "love" is so important. 

How does pruning a perfectly good branch bear any fruit? 

Shepherds, Vocations, and Fr. Emil Kapaun. 

Christ cannot be received if sin is not renounced. 

Brock for Broglio, and the greatest trade in history. 

Where is the "good" in Good Friday? (With inspiration from Cdl. Ratzinger and an assist from Sr. Miriam!)

"Surely it is not I, Lord"

Covenants vs Contracts. 

The kerygma, John 3:16, and God's search for man. 

"Destroy this temple, and in 3 days, I will raise it up." How to deal with sin and weakness within the mystical body of the Church (with a little assist from Msgr. James Shea's "The Religion of the Day.")

Why Lent? 2 words: Preparation and Love. 

Toy Story, friendship, leprosy, and how Jesus takes on our weaknesses and diseases. 

Debbie Downer, Job, and the misery/mercy of the cross. 

The Israelites couldn't bear to look at the face of God for fear of death; Christ came to dispel that fear so that you and I could see him face to face. 

"Repent and believe in the Gospel" is perhaps the best news we could ever hear. 

Are we as a human race better off, having gone through the sexual revolution? 

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and God's revelation to humanity. 

Family throws us out into the deep water, and that's where Jesus is. 

The words "This is my Body" would mean nothing if the Word did not become Flesh: the Eucharist and the Nativity.