The Responsorial Psalm from today’s Mass on the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time is probably one of my favorites for when I desire a conversion of heart and need to repent of something horrible and get right with God. Psalm 51:3-19; Have mercy on me, God, in your goodness; in your abundant compassion blot out …
In the First Step of AA and other programs the person is expected to admit to their powerlessness over alcohol. “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable.”* In a recent reading from St. Paul’s 2nd Letter to the Corinthians, we read: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10: “Therefore, that I might not …
On this date in 1935, in Akron, Ohio, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded. I have a new book! “The Sober Catholic Way” is a handbook on how anyone can live a sober life, drawn from over 17 years of SoberCatholic posts! It’s out now on “Amazon,” “Apple Books,” “B&N” and and others!”! My two other books …
I haven’t been to an AA meeting since February or March 2006. It has been apparently of no consequence. I do not have any greater or lesser desire to drink. There are days when I wish I can take a drink, and days where the thought is absent. It was that way when I was …
An excerpt from the First Reading from today’s Mass on the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Isaiah 6:5-8 Then I said, “Woe is me, I am doomed! For I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” Then one …
2 Corinthians 12:9: “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me. The First Step of AA is “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable.” Many …
Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, the Apostle. As a result of his conversion, in a rather direct and not-too-subtle manner, he went from being a persecutor of the followers of Christ to being their leading apologist (defender) and evangelist. Christianity was largely shaped by his efforts to spread …
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I never drank regularly until I was 29. (I’m almost 44 as of this writing.) I never drank in high school, did drink in college but no where near as much as most (and this was wayback when the drinking age was 18). I started drinking when I was living in southern California and became …
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church: 1422 Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from God’s mercy for the offense committed against him, and are, at the same time, reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins and which by charity, by example, and by prayer labors for their …
On January 7th the Church celebrates Epiphany, the day of the manifestation of the birth of Lord to the world, as symbolized by the Magi, the “Three Wise Men” from the East. They saw something described as a star which led them to where Jesus lay in a stable, one light leading them to the …