Book review: Rediscovering Catholicism

I recently read a really good book by Matthew Kelly called Rediscovering Catholicism. A few things in this book stood out to me. One is, "The philosophy of Christ is the ultimate philosophy of human happiness." God wants us to be happy; he wants us to live out lives in great joy. Another is that Catholicism is a lifestyle and not just a set of rules. A lot of my non-Catholic friends think all we do is restrict people from doing things and that all we do is follow tradition but this is not true. According to Matthew Kelly, it means striving to be like Christ and striving to transform oneself for the better. It is trying to become the best version of ourselves.

This is a great book that I advise Catholics and Christians alike to better understand the Catholic Faith.

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New Blog Post?!?

I greatly apologize for not blogging lately. School has been keeping me really busy.  I am running sound at the fall play so I will be way busier than I was before. Will try to update the blog when I can.

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Intolerance within Christian Churches

I'm Catholic and I go to a Christian but not Catholic college.  Religion class has turned into endless Catholic bashing as well as overhearing what people say about us and our religion.  Just wanted to get this straight; we are Christians. We all are. We follow Christ, the one who said love your neighbor as yourself and love one another as I have loved you. It shouldn't matter if I believe that the Eucharist is literally the Body and Blood of Jesus or if I believe that Mary and the Saints should be venerated (not worshiped). The only thing that should really matter is how we treat people and living like Christ did.  Because if we stopped bashing other Christian religions on how they worship and instead focus on getting everyone to know Christ then the world would be a better place.

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Kids Now-a-days

(Directly relating to/ but not exactly what is talked about in.. my podcast.)


With computers introduced at a young age, video games played instead of playing outside, and kids with cell phones and tablets my generation is turning to be quite differently than the generations now.  How will this negatively and positively affect these children?  I'm not quite sure.  My television viewing was limited when I was younger; I played outside in the dirt until the sun went down and we were called to dinner. Now kids are inside all the time watching television and playing violent video games that I think negatively affects the child and influences them to do things they shouldn't. Video games are extremely violent as well as realistic. When I was younger the only video games my parents let us play was Donkey Kong, racing games, Star Wars games, Glover, Mario, and any video game that Disney put out on Nintendo 64. I still have the 64 and sometimes take it out. Still have not beat Donkey Kong; me and my brother are not even 1/2 way though with the game.

So what are your thoughts on video games and television at a young age?

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