"Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope"- 1 Peter 3:15
If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen me mention this last week, but I wanted to go a little deeper on some Catholics saying that if a person doesn’t like a teaching of the Church, they should leave. It kind of reminds me of that scene from Mean Girls where Gretchen tells …
Note: I wrote a draft of this post a few years ago but never posted it. Though I haven’t been able to serve as a catechist for a while, the overall message of this post is still very important to me. “Ok, let’s review this together again,” I said to my first grade faith formation …
I’ve noticed that some people try to disregard the severity of the novel coronavirus because it has a “99% survival rate. ” The claim is that since the mortality rate is low, we should just go on to live our lives. In reality, 99% survival does not accurately describe the severity of the novel coronavirus. …
This post contains spoilers for the book Ready Player One. A few weeks ago, I was on a big reading kick. I felt a little guilty because so much of my reading was fiction. As I read through Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, however, I came across a section that resonated with me quite …
Each person has different considerations when it comes to deciding whether or not they will receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Good Reasons to Wait There are a number of valid reasons a person may choose to not get a COVID-19 vaccine. There is a small number of people who medically cannot receive the vaccination. Their doctors …
Catholics and non-Catholics alike share the concern about the rapid development of the COVID-19 vaccines. As I’ve said a number of times, we as Catholics want to protect the precious gift of life. We also must respect science and seek truth. The development would be too fast if they were cutting corners on safety, ethical …
Another common concern amongst Catholics (and rightfully so) is the relation to abortion. I’m a lay Catholic, and the extent of my formation when it comes to moral theology is limited. I’m going to summarize my own understanding on this topic, but ultimately, the purpose of this post is to direct you to better sources. …
Over the last few days, I’ve been discussing the vaccine from a Catholic perspective. I wrote about respecting life, science, and truth. I addressed concerns about risks to fertility and risks for pregnant and lactating women. All of these posts were to lay a foundation for discussing the LifeSiteNews (LSN) article that started all of …
Much like my post on the fertility concerns people have about the COVID vaccines, I want to start this post by assuring women that their concerns are valid. Of course we want to protect our children. We want to give our children what is best for them, sometimes even to the detriment of our own …
One of the big concerns I’ve seen in Catholic circles is that the COVID vaccines will make women infertile. It’s very understandable why this is a concern. Catholics value the gift of life, and we recognize that infertility is a cross (see Amy Brooks’s post on infertility and this Aleteia article). Women, particularly women of …