FATHER JOE:[At this point it became clear that Charlie was a ringer or poser. He may have been Catholic but now he was something else. Some anti-Catholics use such deception to get under the Catholic defenses. They may cite catholic sources, but they are not really interested in the trut...
Pope Francis does not mince words in his daily homilies: calling the attempt to tame the Holy Spirit in the work of the Second Vatican Council, stubbornness and foolishness; and then several days latter saying that “ideologues,” from whatever side they come, “falsify the gospel.” And the...
We cannot save ourselves. It is Catholic teaching that we cannot merit the “first grace” of conversion for ourselves. However, according to St. Thomas Aquinas, we CAN, by prayers and sacrifices, congruently merit the first grace for others. St. Monica is the obvious example, but there are...
Resurrection: Interpreting the Easter Gospel by Rowan Williams. Road to Routeburn: The Story of Kinloch, Lake Wakatipu by Doreen McKenzie. My Name Was Judas by C.K. Stead. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks. The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul. Luke for Everyon...
Like Sr. Faustina, let us beg the Heavenly Father to “draw them to the light of the Gospel,” that they too may extol the mercy of God for endless ages. For the complete text of the fourth day of the novena, please visit the Divine Mercy Website of the Marians of the Immaculate ...
26 April 2023 – To Members of the ‘Catholic Extension Society’ Papal Tweets “Let us #PrayTogether that we may never tire of bearing witness to the Gospel, even in times of tribulation. May all the martyr saints be seeds of peace among peoples for a more humane and fraternal world, ...
The modern evangelical church in the west (of which I am a part) is allergic to pomp and circumstance (loud music and lights excepted). The reason behind this is not at all without merit: overdone ceremony can indeed be a distraction from the Gospel, just as preaching that over-emphasizes...
“Mr. Roussy remained but ten days in Montreal and then left for Grande Ligne to take charge of a primary school entirely Roman Catholic. After his school hours he would devote his time to making the Gospel known around him. The parish priest having heard of this had the school closed by...
7. Where do the events in the book of Mark take place? Where was Mark when he wrote this book? (Sometimes, a good Bible map likethis oneandthis onecan be helpful.) What was the political situation in this area at the time Mark was writing his gospel?
and the Catholic-Protestant riots that were about to break out in Melbourne in 1843. I’ve always thought of Melbourne being more Presbyterian or Anglican, perhaps because of the more visible presence of their large city churches in Melbourne today. Nonetheless, it’s interesting that during 1842...