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“In conversion and in calm rests your salvation; confident abandonment is your strength.” — Isaiah 30: 15, 18

I would like to direct your attention to an article published by the Culture of Life Foundation www.culture-of-life.org/content/view/639/1/ on some research about the social consequences of internet pornography. Worth your time reading. In my psychotherapy practice, I am seeing more and … Continue reading →

This weblog has had approximately 6000 visits in about 12 days time. I will have to get my computer wizard (my son) to give me the breakdown of from where these visits originate, length of time per hit, etc.   … Continue reading →

I’d like to refer you to an interesting article published in the May 10, 2010 edition of America, the national Catholic weekly of the Jesuits. It is entitled, “Twelve Things the Bishops Have Learned from the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis.” The … Continue reading →

The following is an excerpt from the Pope’s homily in Portugal recently.  “This is the mandate whose faithful fulfillment ‘must follow the road Christ himself walked, a way of poverty and obedience, of service and of self-sacrifice even unto death, … Continue reading →

Well, the voting is over.  I think Catholic Faith and Reflections came in second, although I haven’t seen the official results.  We were 8 votes ahead later last night. Although we didn’t win outright, I did accomplish what I had … Continue reading →

Over 110,000 visits have been made to this weblog since its beginning a couple of years ago. Thank you all for your interest in what is printed here, and especialy for your continued faith in Christ and his Church. (Yes, … Continue reading →

Well, it is almost over.  Today is the last day of voting. I am for all practical purposes in second place and have to get 80+ votes today to win. We can do it!! VOTE NOW. Go to: www.thecrescat.blogspot.com and … Continue reading →

The Catholic News Service is reporting the following was said by Pope Benedict: “Among the new things that we can discover today…… is that attacks on the pope and the church come not only from the outside, but the suffering … Continue reading →

The polls are open now to cast your  ballot for the 2010 Cannon Ball Award for various categories of Catholic blogs. I humbly ask for your vote in the category  of “Best Under Appreciated Catholic Blog.”  Vote early and vote … Continue reading →

The Catholic Church is growing wildly on the continent of Africa. One report (click on link below) says that in the past ten years, the Church has grown 33%. One can only ask why. Perhaps the easiest answer is that … Continue reading →

Thanks to you folks, a few weeks ago someone of you was the 100,000th visitor to this weblog. (Even though the counter on the bottom of the page only registers some 13,350 visits to “Catholic Faith and Reflections”, the actual … Continue reading →

” The poet Rilke was afraid that if he got rid of his demons, he would lose his angels as well. Of course, the danger of clinging to our demons to save our angels is that our demons may well … Continue reading →

There is a radio station that has a local radio celebrity doing the “Lead Balloon Show” every morning. It features a very humorous fellow who is one string of funny jokes after another. The reality is the show goes over … Continue reading →