on forgiveness and the church

I went to church last night.

As most of you know, I’m an atheist, having opted out of the Catholic church a lifetime ago. But this particular mass was intended for my cousin who passed away in December, and my whole family was attending, so I went.

PRODIGAL SON A Lapsed Catholic in Springtime
 
 I’m one of those lapsed Roman Catholics who has

But I’ve come up with three elements that I believe I know have drawn me back toward the Church. At the…

The Pope in Front of Congress

El Papa, Thomas Merton-5, Jesus Christ-0

The View from the Middle

This is a very difficult article for me to write. I’ve just watched Pope Francis deliver his address to Congress and I’m watching the pundits slobbering all over themselves with…

Why I became a Catholic . . . temporarily

I converted to Catholicism in my senior year at University, taking Catechism with a Jesuit professor. It was the South in the early 1970’s. North Carolina had been settled largely by the English and the Scotch; it was Bible Belt Country. My parents, though…