My Vocation Story 12

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Fr Jason Smith

Caravaggio – The Calling of Saint Matthew

If not for a hockey game, I wouldn’t be a Legionary priest today.As a good Minnesotan, I naturally considered hockey as divinely inspired, a sign of God’s love for us. But it’s what happened after the game that took me by surprise and lead me to know my priestly vocation. More…

What Every Married Couple Should Know About the Truth of Sex and the Lie of Contraception 11

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Fr Jason Smith

Fr Jason Smith

Words are not the only way we communicate, the body itself speaks a language.

A smile is, for example, one of the most obvious and effective means of non-verbal communication. It is so important Dale Carnegie notes that:

“The expression worn on your face is far more important than the clothes worn on your back.” More…

What’s in a Blessing? And What Difference Does It Make When People Sneeze? 11

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A while back, a fellow blogger asked the following question in a comment on my post, “Blessed Are the Merciful, They Will Be Shown Mercy.“

I have pondered the words bless, blessed, and blessing three words we, myself included, use a lot. I decided I do not know the real meaning of them. So I got out the dictionaries and still cannot come up with an understanding for the way we us these words. Can you please help me make a clear meaning of these three words?

Great question!

Now before I get started, More…

Young Saint Mark 14

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I was recently asked what gave me the greatest delight and satisfaction when working with young people. First, I wanted to say, just working with young people. When the youth get motivated, they have the potential to change the world.

Take for example Saint Mark, whose feast day we celebrate today.  More…

Evil Spirits in the Old Testament 22

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An evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul

An evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul

Recently a friend and fellow blogger asked me a thorny question. I paraphrase:

1 Samuel 18:10 is a perplexing verse: “The next day an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul.” “An evil spirit from God?” What’s that supposed to mean? Does God send evil spirits to us?

The short answer is No. More…

My Sheep 11

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If we take just a couple of words from the Gospel, we can learn a lot. For example, in today’s Gospel, Jesus continually refers to us as “My sheep.”

Commentaries on Jesus’ calling us sheep like to emphasize sheep as stupid, smelly animals. Obviously, that is not the point to today’s Gospel. More…

Symbolism in the Mass 5

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I’ve already posted a couple of videos from Fr Greg. This one is particularly good, so I had to share it. If this is a taste of the following videos this season, I think there is a lot to look forward to here.

If Abortion Is Not Murder, Why Is Gosnell on Trial for Murder? 14

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What’s there to ignore?

According to these numbers, Kermit Gosnell is a serial killer, not just a neighborhood murderer

Recently, main steam media outlets began to admit their mistake in ignoring the murder trial of abortion provider, Kermit Gosnell (see article from The Washington Post).  In a video segment from Huffington Post Live, Mark Lamont Hill gave the following explanation: More…

Prayers for the Victims in Boston 3

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Our heart and prayers at Biltrix go out to the men, women, children and their families who were injured or killed during the Boston Marathon bombing yesterday. May the Lord console and help them as they recover from this atrocity.

Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston, issued the following statement in response to the attack: More…