Fr. Dwight Longenecker

The gap between Anglican Church and Catholic Church is not wide....but it is very deep.

Don't complain. Either do something about it, or if you can't, maintain a dignified silence and offer it up.

Theological nit-picking diverts one's energies from the long, hard journey (by God's grace) of theosis.

The Catholic faith attracts intellectuals and the not so bright, the rich and the poor, the well connected and the disconnected.

Today I am setting off for England on a research/vacation. I'll be touring England to visit the priest holes built by St Nicholas Owen. If you want to follow my adventure with pictures and commentary go to my profile to Subscribe.

"Scripture can only be interpreted through the lives of the saints." -- Pope Benedict XVI

Catholic trivia: Movie star Tommy Lee Jones attended Harvard university (where he was room mates with VP Al Gore.) His senior thesis was on "The Mechanics of Catholicism in the fiction of Flannery O'Connor. Jones is not a Catholic.

Protestant protesting about Catholics calling priests "Father"? Ask them this: Jesus said to pluck out your eye if it causes you to sin, and cut off your hand if you sin with it. Blind and handless yet?

Protestant: "Priests have no power to forgive sin!" Catholic: "Agreed. It is Jesus who forgives sin through his Body the Church. The priest is just the instrument of this forgiveness."

Episode Three today: The Secret Agents. The Nicholas Owen series is the first series I wrote for The Merry Beggars. Go here to listen: themerrybeggars.com/shows/the-sain…

For a Protestant believer in sola Scriptura, 100% literal fundamentalism is the only logical position. Discuss.

Humility is to know yourself--both your strengths and your weaknesses. Then to thank God for them because your strengths enable you to serve him and your weaknesses keep you close to him.