Posts From Fr Richard Heilman

To Grow the Church We Must Shrink the Church

TO GROW THE CHURCH WE MUST SHRINK THE CHURCH In other words, Church leaders, stop being businessmen and start being loving Fathers. Stop basing your decisions on the short-term “bottom

I Can’t Just Sit and Watch America Sink – Part One

Can we be honest? Our nation has collapsed into very hard times that are, very quickly, racing toward historically extreme hard times. Before any accusations of being political, I believe

Novena for Our Nation – St. Michael’s Lent Prayers for Protection and Reparation

Saint Francis of Assisi observed an annual ‘Lent of Saint Michael’, from the Feast of the Assumption of Mary (August 15) to the Feast of Saint Michael The Archangel (September

Freedom from Acedia

“Freedom from Acedia” by Fr. Rick Heilman Recently, I wrote a reflection on pride. I said, “Pride is the Biggie,” because it’s “the sin that is most at work to

The Truth Will Set Us Free! My Last Homily at St. Mary of Pine Bluff

The Truth Will Set Us Free! My Last Homily at St. Mary of Pine Bluff     I get a kick out of reminding folks that I share a birthday

St. Mary of Pine Bluff – The New Evangelization for the New Millennium

High Time Our Catholic Church Goes Deep The Gospel story (Luke 5:4-11) is the one Pope John Paul II set as the foundation for his new millennium appeal, in his

A Manifesto for Recovering Our Church

A Manifesto for Recovering Our Church I write this on the First Friday of the month in the month of June. First Fridays and, in particular, the month of June

The 100 Years of Satan Has Wrought Devastating Destruction on the Church

There is no doubt we are living in diabolically influenced times. This, while Godless leaders in our nation have usurped the phrase, “This is a battle for the soul of America,” as

ThIs Eucharistic Revival Will Bring Everyone Back to the Church

High Time Our Catholic Church Goes Deep The Gospel story (Luke 5:4-11) is the one Pope John Paul II set as the foundation for his new millennium appeal, in his

America, Come Out!

America, Come Out! I don’t know why, exactly, but I have spent the better part of today reflecting on how, it could very well be, that the story of the