Lesson 40 How Can You Insure Your Marriage?  Get Your Copy of Marriage Insurance at the Relevant Radio Store! Welcome back to our Lenten Lessons on the Sacraments, and today is our last lesson!  I am very happy that you joined us this Lent, and I sure hope you learned more about your Faith, […]Read more

Lesson 39 A City With A Zero Percent Divorce Rate?  Welcome back to our Lenten Lessons on the Sacraments.  Today I’d like to tell you a little bit about the wedding ceremony and then tomorrow we will finish with my time-proven recommendations for a successful and happy marriage all contained in my book, “Marriage […]Read more

Lesson 38 Can You Get Married On The Beach? Welcome back to our Lenten Lessons on the Sacraments.  Let’s continue with the Sacrament of Marriage. Who can get married?  Marriage is for one man and for one woman, and in the Catholic Church, normally it is between two practicing Catholics who are baptized and have […]Read more

Lesson 37 Why Is Marriage So Vital To Our Survival?  Welcome back to the Lenten Lessons on the Sacraments.  Today we turn to the Sacrament of Marriage, Matrimony, our seventh and final sacrament. I don’t know who wrote it or said it, but I do believe it is true:  “as Marriage goes, so goes […]Read more

Lesson 36 What Is The Life Of A Priest Really Like?  Welcome back to our Lenten Lessons on the Sacraments as we finish up today on Holy Orders.  Over the years people have asked me, “When did you know for sure that you wanted to be a priest?”  “About six months after I was […]Read more

Lesson 35 What’s The First Obligation Of A Catholic Priest?  Welcome back to our Lenten Lessons on the Sacraments as we continue teaching about the Sacrament of Holy Orders. So what are the effects of the Sacrament of Holy Orders?  They are big.  Really big.  First off, once you are ordained, you can never […]Read more

Lesson 34 Who Can Be Ordained A Catholic Priest?  Welcome back to our Lenten Lessons on the Sacraments.  Let’s continue with Holy Orders. So who can be ordained a priest?  Only a baptized man – that’s a male –  validly receives sacred ordination.  Why?  Because that’s what Jesus did, and we have to do […]Read more

Lesson 33 What Is The Best Way To Learn About Priestly Ordination?  Welcome back to our Lenten Lessons on the Sacraments.  Today we continue with the Sacrament of Holy Orders with few more words about the beautiful and timeless ceremony. The Catechism of the Catholic Church provides a useful summary and description of the […]Read more

Lesson 32 Should I Attend A Priestly Ordination?  Welcome back to our Lenten Lessons on the Sacraments.  Today we continue with Holy Orders, and since there are three degrees – bishop, priest, deacon – but only a limited amount of time, I think it will be most useful for this audience if I only […]Read more

Lesson 31 Who Are The Shepherds Jesus Promised To Us? Welcome back to the Lenten Lessons on the Sacraments!  There are two sacraments left, both at the Service of Communion:  Holy Orders and Matrimony.  Today we begin our Series on Holy Orders.  From the Catechism of the Catholic Church we read: 1536 Holy Orders is […]Read more

Lesson 30 What Sacrament Can Help Me Go Straight To Heaven?  Welcome back to the Lenten Lessons on the Sacraments.  Today I will tell you a few more things about the Anointing of the Sick, and then tomorrow we will move on to the Sacraments at the Service of Communion, that is, Matrimony and […]Read more

Lesson 29 When Is The Best Time To Anoint The Sick?  Welcome back to the Lenten Lessons on the Sacraments. Today we continue learning about the Anointing of the Sick. The Minister for the Anointing of the Sick is the Priest or the Bishop, but not a deacon or a lay person.  The matter […]Read more