A Catholic Military Chaplain deployed in Afghanistan This “thank you” goes out to all of the Roman Catholic Military Chaplains around the world. Thank you for suffering tireless work at the hands of a wartorn “death culture” world. Thank you for getting up before the sun and retiring after the last soldier retreats. Thank you [...]
Now giants were upon the earth in those days…
Genesis 6:2 – 4 The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all which they chose. And God said: My spirit shall not remain in man for ever, because he is flesh, and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. Now giants were [...]
Living in sin
From Adam’s “fall” to Jesus’ death, all of mankind (except for John the Baptist, and the Blessed Virgin Mary) “lived in sin”. Today, ignoring the dire consequences, untold millions continue to choose sinful life styles, never stopping to consider how that choice might affect their death style. One only needs to look around to see [...]
Vatican/USCCB ramp up efforts to launch new Roman Missal
WASHINGTON — After a decade of work, the greatest liturgical milestone for American Catholics since the 1970s is right around the corner: The Vatican has approved a new English translation of the Roman Missal, and the U.S. bishops have fixed the roll-out date in the nation’s parishes for the beginning of Advent 2011. “The use [...]
Honey, if you ever leave me, I’m going with you …
The Scripture says that a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife (Gen 2:24). Now “cling” is a strong word. It means to stick like glue. Notice that a man does this. Boys run around and play the field, but a man looks for a wife and, finding her, leaves his [...]
“Ask and You Shall Receive.” – But there’s a catch …
And Jesus answered saying to them, “Have faith in God. Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, be taken up and cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him. Therefore I say to you, [...]
Fr. Euteneuer to Return to Diocese
Dear Friends of Life, Nearly ten years ago I answered the call of the Lord to come to Human Life International and work full-time in pro-life work with the permission of my bishop. I have been utterly privileged to serve this great mission for a decade, and now I am called back to my diocese [...]
Illinois Senate candidate Mark Kirk mocks Pro-Lifers
Pro-lifers can only take so much, and Kirk needlessly poking that stick at us lost some tepid support. But the last straw for me was a June 2010 memo we received today, written by Kirk to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, seeking its endorsement. Both NARAL and PP IL Action have already endorsed Giannoulias, and [...]
Tom Roeser’s thoughts about !@#$%! (Cussing)
“Do you know what that officious bastard wrote in The New York Times today? He tried to dress up research in embryonic stem cells as vital to saving lives when he knows—fully knows—that adult stem cells can do the job. You know what? That sonuvabitch simply glories in defending an act of snuffing out lives!” [...]
Worldly matters should not keep clergy (and lay people) from their sacred duty.
Scripture says the Clergy must Speak…..Paul says of the bishop: He must be able to encourage men in sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it (Titus 1:9). For the same reason God tells us through Malachi: The lips of the priest are to preserve knowledge, and men shall look to him for the law, [...]
Enough is Enough: The Crusades and The Jihad Are Not Equivalents
First, the historical facts: a long “train of abuses”, to borrow Jefferson’s phrase, preceded the launching of the First Crusade in 1096. Since its very inception, Islam had waged an unremitting war against Christianity. It conquered and subjugated centuries-old Christian societies in the Middle East and North Africa. After sweeping through France, the Muslim advance was finally checked by Charles [...]
Niece of Martin Luther King Jr. calls for boycott of abortion inustry. Gets flack.
“It is absolutely ludicrous that abortion supporters would accuse a blood relative of Dr. King of hijacking the King legacy. Uncle Martin and my father, Rev. A. D. King were blood brothers. How can I hijack something that belongs to me? I am an heir to the King Family legacy,” she said. “I have a [...]
Galileo was wrong: The Bible does not teach how the Heavens go … but rather, how to go to Heaven.
Lima, Peru, Aug 25, 2010 / 10:06 pm (CNA).- In an interview this week with the Peruvian daily El Comercio, physics expert Fr. Manuel Carreira clarified numerous and often misunderstood details about the life of Galileo, also touching on the relationship between faith and science. The priest confirmed to El Comercio that Galileo “was a [...]
Series of four inspirational articles about Heaven isn’t quite Catholic, but pretty close.
New Heaven and New Earth united (Part 1) Heaven a secret? (Part 2) Heaven — God’s home and man’s destiny (Part 3) Heaven — we were made for planet earth (Part 4)
A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
Poor Al Gore. As if an im- pending divorce and allegations of sexual misconduct from an Oregon masseuse weren’t bad enough (he has since been cleared of wrongdoing), the apparent collapse of “cap-and-trade” legislation in the U.S. Senate has driven the former vice president to despair. As reported by Steve Milloy on his blog Green [...]
Yahweh’s Savior
When Yahweh, (I AM) the Eternal God, who knows the end from the beginning, chose to create all things, He knew that man would sin (separating himself from God). He also knew that, left to our own devices, mankind would never be able to make things right again. We would need a Redeemer or Savior [...]
Postulator of her cause speaks about Mother Teresa on the 100th anniversary of her birth.
We’re here because of the 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa’s birth. Would she want us to be celebrating her birthday? She would approach this the same way she approached receiving an award, which is that it gave her an occasion to speak about God, speak about the poor and try to inspire people to also [...]
Biblical basis for conservatism
Have you wondered why it is that the “conservatives” are called the “right” and the “liberals” are called the “left”? By chance, I stumbled upon this verse in the Bible: Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV): “The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.” Submitted by David S.
