by Steve Ray on February 17, 2012
Despite what some commentators and politicians think, Church teaching on abortion and contraception has remained unchanged. By FATHER MITCH PACWA SJ, 02/16/2012 (copied from National Catholic Register) The recent indignity by which the Obama administration wants to mandate everyone, including all Catholic institutions or their insurers, to pay for contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs, has [...]
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by Steve Ray on January 28, 2012
What is the history of Baptists? Can they trace their roots back to the 1st century? Many ”fundamentalist” Baptists believe they can. Are they correct? There is a booklet that is very popular among this fundamentalist crowd. It is entitled “The Trail of Blood”. The booklet claims that Catholics persecuted the true Christians — the Baptists — leaving [...]
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by Steve Ray on December 7, 2011
EPIC Full Length from Catholics Come Home on Vimeo.
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by Steve Ray on November 9, 2011
I am in Rome and decided to run to St. John Lateran this morning a make a video — so all of you could enjoy the Feast Day of the Dedication of St. John Lateran Church on November 9, 313. Yup, that’s right! It was the first Christian church ever built and it was the [...]
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by Steve Ray on November 7, 2011
“It seems odd, that certain men who talk so much of what the Holy Spirit reveals to themselves, should think so little of what he has revealed to others. (19th century London Anti-Catholic Baptist Charles H. Spurgeon in his Commenting and Commentaries, 1). But isn’t it ironic that Spurgeon is guilty of what he accuses [...]
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by Steve Ray on October 4, 2011
I received a LOT of response from my appearance on EWTN’s The Journey Home with Marcus Grodi. One letter arrived with this comment, which is followed by my response. QUESTION FOR STEVE: 1 Corinthians 1:1:10-17 demonstrates that there was division among the churches and the the four groups were all acceptable. Additionally, the Roman Catholic [...]
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by Steve Ray on October 4, 2011
http://www.catholic-convert.com/documents/QuestionsforBibleChristians.pdf David Palm is the original compiler of the insightful list. I got a response in the Comments below, but thought I would post it here with my response. DAVID COMMENTED: It is refreshing to hear a Romanist admit they are not “Bible Christians”. STEVE RAY RESPONDS: I fixed a bit of his punctuation and [...]
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by Steve Ray on August 7, 2011
Yesterday Mass in Oxford England and met fellow Ignatius Press author Fr. John Saward at his parish – St. Gregory and St. Augustine. Today I ran through the Oxford England of C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Janet and I visited Oxford over 25 years ago as Protestants. Wonderful to visit again as Catholics. CS [...]
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by Steve Ray on July 27, 2011
Everyone who knows me even a little knows how much I love Scripture and the history of the Early Church. That is why I get excited about news about biblical people and places. I have a goal (almost completed) to visit the tombs of all the biblical characters. Today a new discovery was announced … [...]
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by Steve Ray on July 10, 2011
Tuesday morning I will be discussing Part II of The Mass of the Early Church at 7:00 EST on Relevant Radio. Were the first Christians Baptists in their worship, or were they Catholics? Did they consider the Eucharist a simple meal or a sacrifice? You can listen on-line at www.RelevantRadio.com. For my article and story [...]
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by Steve Ray on July 9, 2011
The basis for Mormon theology is the concept of the Great Apostasy. This theory states that the Church fell off the tracks and rolled down the hill as soon as it shot out of the first century. It was not restored until Joseph Smith came along in the 1800′s. This is also held in some [...]
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by Steve Ray on July 6, 2011
I’ll be on Relevant Radio at 7 AM EST Wednesday to discuss “Sunday Mornings in Ancient Times.” UPDATE: Since we only had time to set the stage by explaining what happens on Sunday morning in modern times, we will have a Part II to go back and look at the Sunday worship in the first [...]
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by Steve Ray on July 6, 2011
Tears welled up in my eyes — again — at Mass last Sunday. It was not always so. As a former Baptist I used to think the Catholic Mass was a sacrilege and an abomination. How could anyone worship a piece of bread? Really! However, last Sunday I was overcome with emotion while sitting in [...]
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by Steve Ray on June 4, 2011
Looking into the Face of God in Manoppello Italy. “He [Jesus] is the image (true icon) of the invisible God.” (Col. 1:15) See my short video HERE The Face of God by Paul Badde (also in electronic format) Just posted a Running trip, “2011-06-05 Manoppello italy”, to @EveryTrail. Check it out here: HERE.
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by Steve Ray on May 9, 2011
Two days ago, right before leaving Rome for home, I took off on a 16-mile run through Rome to follow the martyrdom’s and burials of the two Princes of the Apostles: Peter and Paul. Both of them shed their blood in Rome for Jesus and the Church. Peter was crucified upside down in Nero’s Circus [...]
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by Steve Ray on April 25, 2011
Here is a video I made today in the rain. I am ever impressed with Rome and her 910 churches. Europe has serious problems, but there is a bright light still shining. Enjoy this 3 minute video and be proud! UPDATE TUESDAY: Maybe the full chapel was an anomaly yesterday. We went back for Mass [...]
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