The Lego of Mercy
The Church’s Holy Jubilee of Mercy is much like lego. Just put the pieces together, holy doors, confession, reparation, indulgences, Holy Mass — and you’ve got something fantastic! It’s so simple a child could do
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Don’t scrape a living and settle for mediocrity
A powerful message from Pope Francis on the ancient feast day, well since the 4th century anyway, of Epiphany. Just as the Magi experienced a great joy when seeing the star in the sky, it
Christmas and the Incarnation of Mercy
“But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.”
Happy Thanksgiving!
“If in our time Christians must be distinguished above all by the ‘art of prayer’, how can we not feel a renewed need to spend time in spiritual converse, in silent adoration, in heartfelt love
St. Martin of Tours: Generous Witness of the Gospel
Pope Benedict XVI, Angelus, St. Peter’s Square, November 11, 2007 Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, 11 November, the Church remembers St Martin, Bishop of Tours, one of the most celebrated and venerated Saints of Europe.
A Crusading Knight Reflects the Majesty Our Lord Jesus Christ
Why is it that when a knight fights for Our Lord Jesus Christ, something of the Holy Shroud of Turin is reflected in his soul? With all the circumstances I have just described, the Shroud
Happy All Saints Day!
Who was St. Faustina? Saint Faustina was a Polish nun, mystic and visionary. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as a saint, and is known as the Apostle of Divine Mercy. Throughout her
Messiness as Grace
A while back I was listening to this 1877 recording of St. Therese’s cousin, Jeanne, sing one of Therese’s poems — An Unpetalled Rose. And it struck me. Despite the imperfect recording — the humanity
Carry This Quote On Your Lips
A quote from St. Ignatius of Antioch, disciple of St. John the Beloved, that can bring your friends into the fullness of the Catholic Faith. “Make no mistake, my brothers, if anyone joins a schismatic
Does a gluten free host invalidate the Eucharist?
Many people were perplexed when bishops would not allow the substitution of a grain flour other than wheat. Instead, the Church recommended that those with celiac disease receive Communion under the form of sacramental wine.
The God Gap
Sociologists call the discrepancy between professed allegiance to a Church and actual practice “the God gap”. Let us take a moment and say a prayer for those in “the gap”, including the indifference and slothfulness
Moses And The Bloggers: Spies, Reports, and Faith
Yesterday we read in Numbers 13:1-2,25-14:1,26-29,34-35 the account of Moses sending out 12 spies to report on the land of Canaan. It is a familiar story of the reconnaissance and the majority report that told
Pope Francis’ Address to Altar Servers
“If we do not resist him, Jesus will touch our lips with the flame of his merciful love, as he did to the prophet Isaiah”. Below is the Vatican-provided translation of Pope Francis’ address to
A Knighthood Perfected by Defeat
To Francis’s ardent nature, knighthood seemed the supreme goal of life. It would be the light that would lead him from the disconsolate shadows into which he had fallen. It would liberate and defend him
A Knight’s Keyhole In Rome
A sweeping view of Rome is perfectly contained in the keyhole of a non-descript looking door on the Aventine Hill, neatly placing the dome of St. Peter’s right in the center. The doorway leads to
Towards a “Smart” Phone Theology
In the 60’s sit-com, Get Smart, Maxwell Smart would ask for the cone of silence, “the cone please”, when he needed to share a morsel of confidential information, or seemingly so to him, with the
The Eucharist as Safeguard of Freedom, Mirrored in Marriage
Maybe, just maybe, marriage must fall so that the state can centralize the control of births, and even deaths. This top-down social revolution will quickly lead to polyamorous relationships and the need for standardized control
Does Gay Marriage Attack the Liturgy?
Is an attack against the Christian teaching of marriage (in revolutionary terms, the L’Ancien Régime) an attack against the liturgy of the Church? Yes, the liturgy. Pope Benedict XVI in his book on liturgy, A
The Apocalypse Begins Here
When we are no longer present to our most immediate world, as when we enter a ‘text-space’ that casts aside the ‘human-space’ of human encounters, we have chosen anti-communion. We have broken with ‘now’ and
Who can properly be called a founder or foundress?
FOUNDERS AND FOUNDRESSES OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTES I. Introduction From the time when Pope Pius XI published Unigenitus Popes have repeatedly addressed the role that founders and foundresses of religious institutes have played in the Church.
St. Francis, The Reversal of a Beggar
To be poor in spirit is to do God’s will with humility. As G.K. Chesterton puts it, St Francis became a beggar of stones not of bread. He was the reversal of a beggar, asking
A Look at Look Magazine
I recently came across the December 10th, 1968, cover of the now defunct Look magazine. Rooted in Des Moines, Iowa of the late 30’s, the magazine began as an unusual format for the time —
Venite Adoremus! O Come Let us Adore Him!
From 96 year old Monsignor Foy… “I was recently contacted with concerns that some clergy and laity need to be reminded that they should genuflect when they pass by the Tabernacle. In response, I am
Christ Is The Sheepgate And There Is No Other
This is the sword of our time — that Christ is the sheepgate and there is no other way into heaven. As St. Augustine teaches, “My solemn word is this: I am the sheepgate.” Jesus
The ‘Impractical’ Life Proposed by St. Francis to the Pope
It was a dream that removed the stumbling block from Pope Innocent’s heart on this day in 1208 so that the ‘ridiculous’, ‘unsafe’, and ‘impractical’ life proposed by St. Francis was seen as holy —
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