Blessed is the Kingdom

Seeking The Kingdom In All Things

Carnac the Magnificent

| October 16, 2011

Carnac the Magnificent visited St. Thomas this morning. Here’s what he had to say.

The Dynamic Catholic Prayer

| October 12, 2011

Loving Father, I invite you into my life today, and make myself available to you. Help me to become the best version of myself, by seeking your will and by being a living example of you love in the world. Open my heart to the areas of my life that need to change, so I [...]

Arrogance and Awesomeness

| September 3, 2011

It’s time again for Elizabeth Esther’s Saturday Evening Blog Post. Each month Elizabeth invites fellow bloggers to share their favorite post of the month and gives us the opportunity to meet new bloggers. This edition of the post includes the months of both July and August since Elizabeth spent much of July in Bolivia. The [...]

New Trailer for Catholicism

| September 1, 2011

Thank You

| August 30, 2011

Thank you to all who voted for this blog in the Catholic New Media Awards. I was very surprised to see that Blessed Is The Kingdom placed fourth in the category of Best Blog By A Cleric. I would like to encourage you to check out the other winners and runners up at the Catholic [...]

Having An Arrogant Faith

| July 2, 2011

Recently I have heard from both Catholics and non-Catholics alike who worry that making the claim that what one believes is true is an arrogant position to take since it sometimes implies that those with conflicting beliefs may be incorrect. Perhaps they are right, but I am not sure there is another alternative when it [...]

Call No Man Father

| June 29, 2011

One of my parishioners recently recounted an exchange that he had with one of our Protestant brothers who shared with him one of the big problems he had with the Catholic Church. “You all call your priests father,” he said, “in the Bible, Jesus says we should call no man father.” Having grown up in [...]