Observations of a Mosquito #10

Loquacity, which is a vice and a form of sloth, is perhaps even more unknown as a vice than is curiousity, which is also a form of sloth; both, however, are very common, and shamelessly so.

Very often men hold fast to errors in matters of religion - as well as in other things - because they dislike the consequences of the opposite opinions; they have, however, exchanged certain inconveniences for far greater ones.

No one has ever been too humble, nor could anyone ever be.

It is far too easy to treat the Holy Eucharist with less care can one would give even to a mere million billion dollar cheque.

If the majority of any parish's budget is spent on things unrelated to Holy Mass, such as the vestments, the altar furnishings, the church's upkeep, and the music, then that parish's budget needs to be altered.

Observations of a Mosquito #2

Rarely are Catholic apologists theologians; more rarely, philosophers; rarer still, students of the Saints.

When it comes down to it, a surprising number of those who "Say the Black, Do the Red" don't.

The greatest obstacle to the acceptance and practice of Catholicism on the part of the masses is that it is a fundamentally and even intrinsically inconvenient religion.

Homilies are not a good place for academic dissertations, but that is where they are commonly found.

The single greatest cause of few and bad Confessions in a parish is few and bad confession times.