text: During my days as a Southern Baptist, my opinion of Mary, the Blessed Virgin, was the same as every other Protestant. I saw her as just another character in the Bible, one who was given a particular task, and when God was finished with her, she faded into the background with the rest of the … [Read more…]
  Posted in: Mary Tagged: Holy, Immaculate Conception, Jesus, Mary, Mother of God, Set Apart, Tradition, Virgin Mary
  Hell: Vacancy or No Vacancy?
  June 20, 2014 by headmackerel 1 Comment
  “I am and always will be the optimist, the hoper of far-flung hopes and the dreamer of improbable dreams.”—The Eleventh Doctor The above passage is one of my favorite quotes from Doctor Who. There’s nothing exactly profound about it, but that’s often what’s so genius about The Doctor. In the past, I struggled with being … [Read more…]
  Posted in: Church Teaching Tagged: Hell
  Who Died And Made You Pope?
  June 2, 2014 by headmackerel 14 Comments
  I hear a lot of talk these days from laymen and women in the Catholic blogosphere who would like to see the Eucharist withheld from certain politicians because of their stance on certain social issues. I won’t disagree that many politicians who claim to follow the Catholic faith are guilty of promoting ideas and actions … [Read more…]