Posts From Fr Richard Heilman

“The Real O’Neals”: A Cautionary Tale Against Mere Cultural Catholicism

FROM PHILLIPKOSLOSKI.COM … Sitcom may inadvertently portray an important truth beyond the bingo-playing Catholic caricatures ABC’s new “family” sitcom, “The Real O’Neals,” has been controversial ever since the idea was

Hollywood Sours on Divorce and Embraces the Family

FROM PHILLIPKOSLOSKI.COM … Perhaps a new generation of writers and producers, having grown up in divorced households, is expressing what their own hearts desired When Mrs. Doubtfire received a letter

The Sanctuary

FROM THE CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN … Turmoil surrounds us. Chaos is ever present. Terrorist attacks, violence in our cities, political anarchy, threats of wars, and so much more. And that is

ITE! THE NECESSITY OF DISCIPLINE

FROM THE CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN … I hated discipline in high school. I did not like to do homework. I did not like to get up early. It seemed like the

The Church as Field Hospital – The Supernatural as Medicine

Not too long ago, I encouraged the pest control guy (while he was setting traps in my house) to come and check out the Mass on Sunday morning. A few

If Dad Takes Faith in God Seriously, So Will His Children

“And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before Me for the land …” Ezekiel 22:30 MEN … these

If You Want to Change the World, Don’t Ever, Ever Ring the Bell

“And in truth, I’ve never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something

Forward, Into the Breach! Calling All Catholic Men!

“And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before Me for the land …” Ezekiel 22:30 MEN … these are

Four Easy Ways to Have Access to the King – That He May Hear and Answer Your Prayers

ACCESS TO THE KING 1. Let Mary Help I happen to be one of those lunatics (in the eyes of the worldly) that actually goes into each prayer/petition anticipating that