May 31, 2015 Column from Fr. Rutler, Pastor, Church of St. Michael, New York, NY The Constitution of Ireland begins: “In the name of the Most Holy Trinity, from Whom is all authority and to Whom, as our final end, all actions both of men and States must be referred, / We, the people of […]
From New Emangelization Satan – The Ancient Enemy Satan, the Evil One, and his demons, are fallen angels who freely chose to rebel against God’s reign (CCC 391-395). When Adam failed in his vocation to protect Eve and the Garden, Satan (Hebrew: adversary, one who plots against) treacherously enticed Eve to rebel against God (Gen 3:1-24; […]
From Aleteia Paul Walsh was 17-years-old when the car he was driving hit a tree on Chester Pike in suburban Piladelphia on an icy December night in 1983. One doctor described his head injuries as the equivalent of dropping an egg on a cement sidewalk. Not only was his skull shattered, every bone in his […]
By Msgr. Charles Pope from the Archdiocese of Washington In the gospel today, Jesus cuts right across the modern Western tendency to oppose love and law, and law and joy. Though we oppose them, Jesus joins all three concepts and summons us to a new attitude. Let’s take a look. I. Connections – Jesus says, As the Father loves […]
From Roman Catholic Man By Father Richard Heilman SOMETHING UNHOLY IS STIRRING For the past two years I have been confiding to close friends my own growing sense that something is happening, that something unholy is stirring. I have spoken with others who have admitted the same suspicion. The way I have tried to describe […]
From Catholic World Report Quia parvus error in principio magnus est in fine. (“A small error at the outset can lead to great errors in the final conclusions.”) – St. Thomas Aquinas, De Ente et Essentia By now, most people have heard the common saying, “Men are from Mars, women are from Venus,” popularized by the […]
From the Diocese of Washington I wrote last week asking, Whatever happened to the spiritual works of mercy? I also indicated an intent to write on each of them. Here is the first installment: Admonishing the Sinner. The word “admonish” comes from the Latin verb monere meaning to warn, advise, or alert someone to a threat or danger. As such, […]
On April 13, 2015, Sheila Liaugminas, host of Relevant Radio’s A Closer Look, conducted interviews with Robert Reilly and Dr. Stephen Kranson about how homosexual activists are working to silence the voices of Christians in our society. This program should be a wake-up call to Christians across our nation that they must engage in this […]
The remarkable true story of the miraculous intercession of the Virgin Mary in 1944 to prisoner Claude Newman of Mississippi – The Virgin Mary appears in a series of visions through the intercession of the Miraculous Medal and converts two men on death row. By: Glenn Dallier from Mystics of the Church Claude Newman was […]
From Those Catholic Men Lent is a time of penance, but does penance have a role in the Christian life throughout the year? St. Benedict said in his Rule that the life of the monk should be a perpetual Lent, though few have strength enough for it! Lent does highlight and intensify the role of […]
