John the Baptist declares the reality of who Jesus is. He is inspired: “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” John, chapter 1, verse 29 If there’s anything the world should …More
John the Baptist declares the reality of who Jesus is. He is inspired: “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” John, chapter 1, verse 29 If there’s anything the world should remember about Jesus, it’s that he cleanses us from sin. Especially the sin of wanting to take his place. To understand Jesus “the Lamb of God” let’s develop a sincere relationship with him, observe him and listen to him. We will be stunned by him. May we take the place that is ours. It’s a privilege! We know how hard it is to keep a promise. It’s better not to make a promise, because it’s quite possible that we cannot hold it. But Jesus fulfills what he promises: “This is the promise that he made us: eternal life.” 1 John, chapter 2, verse 25 Is there a better friend than being with Jesus? To remain with Jesus and to follow him is to guarantee ourselves freedom, to offer ourselves a better life, a more confident and well-adjusted life. For if we have Jesus as a friend, we will be better …More
Francis urged Italians on May 10 to have children, calling for long-term policies to help families and warning that the country’s demographic crisis was threatening the future. “The number of births …More
Francis urged Italians on May 10 to have children, calling for long-term policies to help families and warning that the country’s demographic crisis was threatening the future. “The number of births is the first indicator of the hope of a people,” Francis said at an annual gathering of pro-family groups. “Without children and young people, a country loses its desire for the future.” Italy’s birth rate, already one of the lowest in the world, has been falling steadily for about 15 years and reached a record low last year with 379,000 babies born. In 2015, Francis said that Catholics shouldn’t “breed like rabbits”. He claimed that “responsible parenthood” requires the spouses to regulate the births of their children. Picture: VATICAN MEDIA Divisione Foto, #newsHjevsbyxfw
Bishop Joseph Strickland wrote on BishopStrickland.com (May 9) that he has been mislabeled as a sedevacantist by “a small number of people”. Strickland describes sedevacantism as a false belief and …More
Bishop Joseph Strickland wrote on BishopStrickland.com (May 9) that he has been mislabeled as a sedevacantist by “a small number of people”. Strickland describes sedevacantism as a false belief and the claim that there has been no valid pope since the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958, that as well as that the sacrament of Holy Orders is invalid in the Novus Ordo. Strickland writes: “I want to make it clear that I am not and have never been a sedevacantist, as most people who have read my pastoral letters should know.” And, “I have the utmost respect for the office of the papacy - the Vicar of Christ - and I regularly quote the teachings of Pope St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, as well as other popes who have occupied the Chair of St. Peter since Vatican II.” He doesn't mention Francis but prays that the papacy "will stand always as a visible sign of truth, clarity, and unity to Christ and to the faithful." #newsUssvmmewik
Taylor Swift and the Tortured Modern Woman: Why is this wealthy and famous woman so discontented?
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On April 19, Taylor Swift unleashed her highly anticipated eleventh studio album, entitled From a postmodern worldview, it would be difficult to find someone …
"Liturgy without the union of man with God is an aberration," Francis rightly wrote on 10 May to a delegation from the 'Higher Institute of Liturgy of Barcelona' in Spain. But it didn't occur to him …More
"Liturgy without the union of man with God is an aberration," Francis rightly wrote on 10 May to a delegation from the 'Higher Institute of Liturgy of Barcelona' in Spain. But it didn't occur to him that this is precisely the problem with the secularised Novus Ordo. He added another truism: "An aberration, for example, would be a liturgy enslaved to rubricism, which does not promote union with God". In fact, the rubrics (i.e. the instructions on how a liturgy is to be celebrated) are so precise and detailed that they relieve the priest from being forced to be a showman who has to make up the course of what is to follow, focusing on the audience rather than on God. The rubrics carry the priest along so that he can concentrate fully on the "union of man with God". Francis asked liturgists to "work to bring our daily liturgy to life", thus admitting that the Novus Ordo is dead. #newsMcktgoeddg
"Liturgy without the union of man with God is an aberration" - means nothing. All depends on how one understands such an union (e.g. he may understand …More
"Liturgy without the union of man with God is an aberration" - means nothing. All depends on how one understands such an union (e.g. he may understand it in the protestant - God is present spiritually among the congregation - or even modernist - a religious feeling/experience of the God's presence - meaning). Thus, Bergoglian musings quoted above are irrelevant.
In response to the Roman Catholic Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark being used for the funeral of pro-abortion Congressman Donald Payne, Jr., Catholics held a rosary rally in reparation.
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NEWARK, New Jersey (LifeSiteNews) — Catholics recently held a rosary rally in reparation for the Roman …
What if Pope Benedict was in substantial error. Trying to only resign the work of the papacy (Bishop of Rome)while retaining the intercession (Vicar of …More
What if Pope Benedict was in substantial error. Trying to only resign the work of the papacy (Bishop of Rome)while retaining the intercession (Vicar of Christ) part of the papacy, splitting it in two, making it a collegial office. He did write a thesis in his early years supporting this. What if Christ rejected that? What if he didn’t? Is Pope Francis then an antipope believing he is the pope? Does he have the full office or only part? There have been antipopes is the past (some who really believed they were pope and later became saints). People who mistakenly followed them were not schismatic or enemies of the church. To my knowledge Pope Francis doesn’t call himself Vicar of Christ but Bishop of Rome. Pope Benedict wrote a huge letter and not a simple sentence: I resign. He should have been forced to do so by the cardinals. Simple and easy. He should have been forced to give up, giving papal blessings, the white clothes, the red shoes, leave the Vatican, live in a monastery in seclusion …More
United Nations@UN UN General Assembly determines that the State of Palestine is qualified and should be admitted as a member to the United Nations. UNGA further recommends that the Security Council …More
United Nations @UN UN General Assembly determines that the State of Palestine is qualified and should be admitted as a member to the United Nations. UNGA further recommends that the Security Council reconsider the matter.
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Friday, 10 May 2024 - Tenth Emergency Special Session Watch the debate here 49th plenary session 10am-1pm (local time in NY) 50th plenary session 3pm-6pm (local …
Extract from the SPIRITUAL CATECHISM OF CHRISTIAN PERFECTION, VOLUME II, Composed by RPJJ SURIN, of the Society of Jesus: Saint Catherine of Siena Of RecollectionWhat does recollection consist of? In …More
Extract from the SPIRITUAL CATECHISM OF CHRISTIAN PERFECTION, VOLUME II, Composed by RPJJ SURIN, of the Society of Jesus: Saint Catherine of Siena Of Recollection What does recollection consist of? In three things, which are the union of the forces of the soul, attention to God, and solid occupation of the heart. What does it mean to unite the forces of the soul? To understand this clearly, it is necessary to know that man has a dominant inclination to spread himself outward over the objects which surround him, to stop there and to occupy himself with them. This effusion of the soul divides its faculties, and consequently weakens the interior forces. Hence comes this disastrous ease of allowing ourselves to be charmed by the false attractions of creatures, of obeying our passions, and of succumbing to the temptations and attacks delivered to us by the enemies of our salvation. What does grace do to combat this inclination of nature? It first inspires a man to withdraw from outside his …More
QUESTION 28 — DIVINE RELATIONS1. Are there real relationships in God? 2. Are these relationships the divine essence itself, or are they “adjoined from without”? 3. Can there be in God several …More
QUESTION 28 — DIVINE RELATIONS 1. Are there real relationships in God? 2. Are these relationships the divine essence itself, or are they “adjoined from without”? 3. Can there be in God several relationships that are truly distinct from each other? 4. How many are there? Article 1 — Are there real relationships in God? Objections: 1. Boethius says: “When we use predicaments to speak of God, all those that we can attribute pass to the genus substance; as for the relationship, it is absolutely impossible to attribute it. ” Now what is really found in God can be attributed to him. It is therefore that there is no real relationship in God. 2 . Boethius also says: “The relationship of Father to Son, in the Trinity, and that of both to the Holy Spirit, are like the relationship of the same to the same. ” But the latter is only a relation of reason, because any real relation requires extremes which are really two. Therefore, the relationships that we affirm in God are not real relationships, …More
