Many of you may already know that one of the greatest and most beloved evangelists of the Catholic Church, Fr. John Corapi, was recently put on administrative leave, after being accused by a woman that formerly worked for him of having sexual encounters with her and other women and drug abuse.

In a statement, Fr. Corapi posted on his ministry's web page, he calls for prayers for everyone involved.

On Ash Wednesday I learned that a former employee sent a three-page letter to several bishops accusing me of everything from drug addiction to multiple sexual exploits with her and several other adult women.
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The EWTN men’s team of Crossing the Goal, is hosting a conference in South Florida, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Miami, to help men grow in faith and understand their role in society.

The one-day conference by men for men is the brainchild of Deacon Vince Eberling, of Mary of Help of Christians Parish in Parkland, who has been involved in several men’s ministry and is hoping to make the conference an annual event.

You’ve heard the phrase, “Curiosity killed the cat.” Well, in my case, curiosity cost a lot.

My six-year-old daughter and three-year-old son are the curious type.

While neither is as daring as my older daughter, who started jumping out of her crib at 18-months-old (hopefully not an indication of things to come), they are both more inquisitive and like experimenting. In fact, my younger daughter says she wants to be a scientist.
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Going to morning Mass with my three-year-old son can be interesting.

While most people rave about his good behavior, he does have his moments (not that I’m expecting anything less from a toddler).

Yesterday, we ran out of milk and he couldn’t have his morning bottle, so he was unusually ornery (yes, I wrote several months ago that we were going to wean him off the bottle but not yet. I just make sure he leaves the bottle in the car when we get to his school!).

There are few saints whose feast day elicits more enthusiasm than St. Patrick’s Day.

In a story that has gotten very little attention on mainstream media, a one-year-old baby that was on the brink of being disconnected from life support in a Canadian hospital is getting a chance to live a little longer after being taken to a children's hospital in St. Louis early this morning.

Fox News reports today (see story here), that Fr.
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It is often said that there is no sin that we can commit that is greater than God’s love for us.

In fact, if there is one thing that I learned over the past five years, since my reversion to the Church, is that God is a God of Mercy, Forgiveness, and Love. All He asks is that I repent, and like the Prodigal Son, start walking back to The Father.

“Remember dust thou are and into dust thou shall return.”

A poignant reminder that our earthly life is but a fleeting moment in time and we are just sojourners.  With that, the priest, deacon or minister, marks each faithful with the sign of the cross in ashes across the forehead and thus we begin the Lenten Season.

Engaging the culture is one of the many focuses and reasons for success of Fr. Robert Barron’s new media evangelization effort, as evident in his YouTube videos.

In his recent commentary, Fr.

I’m convinced that apart from the voracious appetite for rabbit, my three-year-old son may be a distant relative of "Taz," the Tasmanian Devil of Looney Tunes fame. Not in looks, of course, my son is a lot cuter, but in energy level and propensity for disruption.

When my son goes into a room, you know he has been there.

The guy is chaos waiting to happen.
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This blog is basically what the title suggests, my attempts at living the Catholic faith to the best of my abilities.
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I refer to it as life on a high wire because those of us who are trying to live our faith in today's culture are are walking a fine line over a precipice between two worlds; what our faith teaches and we know in our hearts and what the society accepts and expects us to accept.
God, religion and Christianity, especially Catholicism, have been under constant attack and this is my small way of fighting back.
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Born in Oriente, Cuba, raised in Hialeah, Fl and graduated from The U. I’m a husband, father, son and older brother. I was a lapsed Catholic for most of my life until attending a men’s spiritual retreat in April 2006, which totally changed my perspective on life. That weekend, the emptiness I had always tried to fill with the things our culture promises will make us happy (wealth, pleasure, power and honor; St. Thomas Aquinas’ 4 substitutes for God), was filled with the love of God. I have been passionately studying my faith and, hopefully, drawing closer to God ever since. Now, I see my purpose in life is to become a saint and to lead my wife and kids to heaven. It’s not easy! I am no expert by any means. I'm just learning and trying to live my faith to the best of my abilities.
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Books I Have Recently Read...
Books I Have Recently Read...
  • Long Shot by Mike Piazza with Lonnie Wheeler
  • The Protestant's Dilemma by Devin Rose
  • Jacob's Ladder; 10 Steps to Truth by Peter Kreeft
  • Absolute Relativism: The New Dictatorship and What to do About it by Chris Stefanick
  • Special Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage and Love by Bret Baier
  • The Church and New Media by Brandon Vogt
  • The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
  • Confessions of a Mega Church Pastor by Allen Hunt
  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Be A Man! Becoming The Man God Created You to Be by Fr. Larry Richards
  • Render Unto Caesar: Serving the Nation by Living Our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life by Charles J. Chaput
  • Raising Good Kids Back to Family Basics by Ray Guarendi
  • The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
  • The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming by Henri J. M. Nouwen
  • How Firm a Foundation by Marcus Grodi
  • First Comes Love: Finding Your Family in the Church and the Trinity by Scott Hahn
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