by Guest Author | Sep 7, 2021 | CUP Blog, Our Catholic Faith & Church
Glimpsing Heaven on Earth The hot summer day in our Midwestern town began with no warning that the soft, cozy rug my husband and I had under our feet would suddenly be pulled out from under us. He called in the afternoon to tell me he had lost his dream job, not due...
by Guest Author | Aug 24, 2021 | CUP Blog, Preservation of Religious Liberty (and Other)
By Matt Rowe August 24, 2021 In a previous piece I wrote about our church’s crisis of leadership courage, and how we as the laity have a responsibility to demonstrate our support for the priests whom we know are morally and spiritually correct. It takes courage of...
by Guest Author | Aug 15, 2021 | CUP Blog, Our Catholic Faith & Church
Long ago, after reading a pastor’s note on peace, I asked, “What is peace?” Many will say peace is the lack of war, some will say it’s a feeling of comfort and others will say that Christ is peace. All of these answers are correct but Philippians 4:6 says,...
by Guest Author | Aug 9, 2021 | CUP Blog, Our Catholic Faith & Church
By Matt Rowe Judging by the way the Church hierarchy has publicly responded to political events and the COVID virus, the leadership of the church appears much more concerned with our mortal bodies and earthly issues than our immortal souls. In the US, church...
by Guest Author | Aug 4, 2021 | CUP Blog, Our Catholic Faith & Church
In the 1992 movie, A Few Good Men (1992) there was an explosive exchange in which Tom Cruise’s character, Lt. Daniel Kaffee, is relentlessly cross-examining Col. Nathan Jessep, played by Jack Nicholson, about a tragic incident that left a Marine dead. Kaffee is...
by Guest Author | Jul 21, 2021 | Blog, CUP Blog, The Catholic Church
Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled Authored by: Anonymous As the rumor swirled for many weeks surrounding the potential restrictions of the Usus Antiquior (Tridentine Mass), I never expected a document to be released quite like this. Not only is it surprising...
