by Steve Ray on December 31, 2010
In 2010 my son Jesse and I resolved to run 1,000 miles. We did it with about 40 miles to spare. Some of my running was done on treadmills but most of it was outside exploring new places. You can see these runs here with maps, stories, videos and pictures — which covers over 150 [...]
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by Steve Ray on December 29, 2010
How could I be happier now that I’m 56 years old and well over the hill, heading for the finish line. I said to Janet, “Look what we got started!” TOP: Janet and I with our eight grandkids (another one is on the way) BOTTOM: Our whole family with two excellent boy friends too.
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by Steve Ray on December 28, 2010
“To go on pilgrimage is not simply to visit a place to admire its treasures of nature, art or history. “To go on pilgrimage really means to step out of ourselves in order to encounter God where he has revealed himself, where his grace has shone with particular splendour and produced rich fruits of conversion [...]
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by Steve Ray on December 28, 2010
Vocation Boom Radio interviewed me twice about the priesthood. Below are the audio links to listen if you wish. In both audio clips (1 hour each) Steve begins at 40 minutes into the broadcast. You can slide the locator bar to wherever you want it to begin playing. 1) Steve talks about his wife Janet [...]
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by Steve Ray on December 24, 2010
Merry Christmas everyone. Not “Happy Holidays” — it’s MERRY CHRIST-mas! That’s what I told the server at Olive Garden Restaurant. She leaned over and whispered “Thanks! It’s Merry Christmas for too, but corporate mandates that we say Happy Holidays.” Then she gave me the address where I can write to protest. I’m sending my letter [...]
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by Steve Ray on December 24, 2010
Why is our national leadership unable to understand and deal with Islam? Because they are too politically correct and stupid to understand what Islam really is. Here is a one minute presentation that lays it on the line. http://secure.afa.net/afa/activism/takeaction.asp?id=384
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by Steve Ray on December 23, 2010
I was recently asked: “Between a Socialist system of economics or a Free market Capitalist system, which is more Moral? Which system best represents a Christian view? My short response: The Catechism reflects the teaching of the Church by stating that a society should protect the right to private property and to free enterprise (CCC [...]
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by Steve Ray on December 23, 2010
Last summer I was in England to give a series of talks at two conferences. While there, I was interviewed for a top-notch Brithish production entitled KEYS OF THE KINGDOM. This documentary centers on St. Peter and the Papacy through the centuries. There is a rising movement among orthodox, fired-up Catholics in Great Britain to [...]
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by Steve Ray on December 23, 2010
Here are the questions I answered on Catholic Answers Live on Wednesday. You can listen to the archived show here. For more info on listening options, click here. It was a great show and lots of fun too. Good people with good questions. **************************************************** 1) Why do Catholics have the Apocrypha and why is it [...]
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by Steve Ray on December 21, 2010
My friend and canon lawyer Ed Peters writes: Bishop Olmsted, Canon 216, and St. Joseph’s Hospital Well, the situation at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix, in terms of its compliance (or lack thereof) with several fundamental points of Catholic medical-moral teaching, was apparently worse than we thought. Bishop Olmsted’s decision to de-certify St. Joseph’s as [...]
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by Steve Ray on December 21, 2010
Evangelical Protestant and Catholic chaplains for the military are rightly concerned over their religious freedom to say and teach what the Bible and their Faith requires. This is an interesting article.
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by Steve Ray on December 20, 2010
Why were the shepherds the first to be told about the birth of Jesus? Hint: where was he born? In a stable with animals? The reason the Shepherds were notified first is because shepherds are ALWAYS the first to be notified of the BIRTH OF A LAMB! Jesus is the Lamb of God — born [...]
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by Steve Ray on December 19, 2010
… this could be very appealing!
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by Steve Ray on December 19, 2010
Monday: I’ll be talking about Christmas and Bethlehem on Relevant Radio on Sean Herriott’s and Drew Mariani’s shows. Tuesday: I will be doing Part II on Drew’s show. www.RelevantRadio.com. You can get the podcast at http://www.facebook.com/l/4c482; www.relevantradio.com/Page.aspx?pid=635 I think it starts in the first hour for today
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by Steve Ray on December 18, 2010
… read this letter sent to China! I had to applaud when I read it. Bravo Pope Benedict! Bravo Universal Catholic Church! Bravo to the faithful and suffering Catholics under oppression is godless China! http://www.zenit.org/article-31268?l=english
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by Steve Ray on December 18, 2010
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