One of the common misconceptions about faith in our world is that we can’t really know anything about God. Ironically, this hasn’t caused people to hesitate to make statements about God. It has caused people to say anything they want about God. This misconception has allowed individual people to define God in the way that they are most comfortable. Have you ever heard somebody say something like, “Well, that’s not the way my God does things.” So there are a lot of rumors

This blog post originally appeared in our bulletin column on Christmas Day. Merry Christmas St. Rose and St. Catherine’s! Thank you for coming to celebrate the Christmas season with us. I especially want to thank those of you who have been away from the Church for a while as well as those of you who are visiting from out of town. As a priest, I get to share the Gospel with many people but I also need other people to share the Gospel with me from time to time. Your presence

by Fr. Bryan Ochs Despite the fact that many Christians attend services regularly, few understand how the spiritual life works. Catholics believe the spiritual life works a little bit differently than other Christian Churches, but there are many similarities. The biggest similarity is that, like other Christian Churches, Catholics believe that Jesus is essential to the spiritual life. This is because of who we believe Jesus is. Catholics do not believe that Jesus was merel