Fr. Matthew is an Episcopal priest-blogger who posts some of his wisdom on YouTube. Which is where I dug up this clever look at what goes into writing a sermon. I’m sure a lot of you out there will relate. Enjoy.

Leave it to California: this weekend, they had the traditional Blessing of the Waves out in Orange County. It was totally gnarly, dude: About 400 people gathered at sunrise Sunday to thank God for a gnarly ocean and to hang ten on some righteous waves. The Roman Catholic Dioceses of Orange hosted its first annual…

Hot on the heels of this item – wherein one American bishop compares supporting pro-choice candidates to endorsing homicide — a retired priest, Fr. Emmett Coyne, has penned a short opinion piece on the importance of conscience, and he takes the bishops to task: A well-formed conscience, according to the bishops, is interpreted as being…

It’s now less than 30 days to what may be the most critical election in decades — and the Catholic Church is kicking it up a notch. From Sunday’s New York Times: As the Roman Catholic Church observes its annual “respect life” Sunday in this heated presidential election season, the unusually pitched competition for Catholic…

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