Why Via?

I called this blog Via, not really for any super profound or holy reason. You have to have a title, so I just picked one. 

I guess you can read more into it than that. ;-) As you might already know, "via" as a latin noun means "way, road, street". We are all on vias, en route to the same heavenly destination, with differing turns and viewpoints in life. My blog is just one way to look at the world. 

Leave those Bishops alone!

You know what grinds my gears?

I hate it when people are more Catholic than their priests and bishops. I know no one who reads this blog ever does this, but some people like to sit at home at the dinner table and have a fit about their ecclesiastical authorities. They think that their knowledge, experience and faith exceeds that of the prelates, and that the authorities don't seem to have a clue about what they are doing.

The reality is that those of us who sit at home complaining are the ones that often don't really have a clue about what is going on in the world of the bishop or priest. Yes, I do my own fair share of complaining, I will admit. That being said, an honest, simple, calm and clear observation of situations is one thing. Getting in a huge flap and letting Liturgical issues, for example, destroy your interior peace is not something that comes from God. Then you have crazies start publishing openly anti-bishop things (in an effort to bully the bishop maybe? FYI, that never works). Is this what we have learned to do as Catholics?

Give those guys a break, man. They are people too and are doing the best they can with what they've got. 

I just had to get that off my chest.

The Beginning

Since blogging seems to be the cool thing to do these days, I have decided to join the ranks of hosts of other bloggers. Prepare to

a. be amazed
b. laugh
c. think some of the stuff I post is ridiculous and a waste of your time
d. learn about the Catholic Church
e. all of the above