Team Nike cries out just “do it.” The world wants to force even little girls into womanhood before they reach puberty. Sexuality sings its siren song to entice the unwary pilgrim. The result is an age of impurity. Don Bosco … Continue reading →
After the miracle of the water becoming wine the goal of our Lord is presented to His apostles and disciples on top of the mount. The crowds remain below and are not privy to the words of God. There must … Continue reading →
How many stories of the Holy Family do you know? Truthfully, there is only one. When something is unique in the Gospel that’s when you need to go to the text and ask some serious questions. Crucial questions about this … Continue reading →
Pray A Novena For Puerto Rico A PRAYER IN TIME OF EARTHQUAKE AND FLOODS O God, Who hast established the earth upon firm foundations, and given the rivers their course, graciously receive the prayers of Thy people: and, having … Continue reading →
Devotion to the sorrows of our dear mother, Mary, leads us to understand the patterns of the divine invasion that began at Christmas. The new family approaches the temple to entrust the babe to God. In doing so Simeon whose … Continue reading →
Why is there this expectation that this year Christ will come to us in a very unique and special way? God has placed this longing in our hearts to refresh us with the presence of eternity. For so many years … Continue reading →
“Who art thou if not the Christ, nor Elias nor Jeremiah or one of the prophets?”John made no pretense about his person and did not claim anything for himself. “Why do you baptize if you are not the Christ?” My … Continue reading →
At the very beginning God created Adam and Eve in a state termed “original justice”, which indicated God’s desire for our happiness. In this state human beings received some very significant gifts. In brief, we received “infused knowledge, impassibility and … Continue reading →
What is coming upon this earth of ours? Eleven thousands pseudo-scientists tell us that the world is heating up at an alarming rate. Meanwhile they are collecting millions from the scared populace and purchasing houses on the sea coast (e.g. … Continue reading →
The End of It All Are you experiencing a certain question which wonders about where we are headed? Do you sense the division which is worldwide and not just in the states? What about the abuse of doctrine dividing what … Continue reading →
All she wanted to do was touch the hem of His garment. All the ruler wanted was the touch of His hand upon his twelve year old daughter. Why is there this concern for the divine to touch the human? … Continue reading →
In our day and time “conspiracy” has become a dirty word dooming conversation and investigation. In fact to mention conspiracy theory is to shut down all reasonable reflection but in doing so we miss the very means Satan operates in … Continue reading →
Everyone of us knows that there will be an accounting of the good and evil that marked our lives here in this place of testing. Our service to the Master of all good workmen will call us before His throne … Continue reading →
“For God’s Divinity will not become less if a man has no love for Him. YOU increase from God; not He from you.” (St. Augustine’s statement on the feast of Christ the King) Christ is our King and He is … Continue reading →
Rejection of the Feast? Today there is a great divide between countries above the 30th parallel and those below. It is almost like the table of the rich man filled with the best of foods while below the table is … Continue reading →
The Power of Intercession “I don’t intend to use my eternity just sitting around but I will shower the earth with roses.” Thus did St. Therese, the little flower, indicate the great role and power of Intercessory Prayer. What is … Continue reading →
It’s a Question of Love What is and should be the priority of your life at every moment? It is the greatest of all laws which states that we should love the Lord, Our God, with our whole heart, our … Continue reading →
St. Michael, Satan’s slayer There was a battle in heaven and St. Michael cast the lousy Lucifer and his devils from the light and glory of God. Lucifer and his minions were cast down to earth to tempt man. Misery … Continue reading →
An elderly gentleman daily took up a spot at the entrance of their town in the local service station and sought to great people who were coming into town. His mission of welcoming introduced him to many a type of … Continue reading →
Do you observe Ember Days? It is a beautiful tradition. Ember Days are prescribed in the Traditional Catholic Church as days of fast and abstinence, the purpose of which is to Pray, Fast, and to Thank God for the gifts … Continue reading →
Focus on your Future Do you want the pleasures or the powers or the prosperity of this world? Or do you want your Creator, your loving Redeemer and your Sanctifier? Ultimately everything we do, think or say is an answer … Continue reading →
Humanity’s Leprosy Hast thou no scar on foot or side or hand; I hear thee sung as mighty in this land. I hear them hail thy ascending star; Hast thou no scar, Hast thou no wound? Yet I was wounded … Continue reading →
Without a deep foundation a skyscraper would never touch the sky above. Without a virtuous life no soul could achieve the kingdom of God. Blest are they who hear the words of our Lord and keep them. Blest are they … Continue reading →
The Deaf can hear and the Dumb can speak. When was the last time you spoke of Jesus or Mary or one of the saints that adorn the history of the Catholic faith? When was the last time you heard … Continue reading →
God have mercy on me a sinner! It was on a Friday morning they took me from my cell; and I saw they had a carpenter to crucify as well. You can blame on Pilate; you can blame it on … Continue reading →
Jesus Wept! When my father was building homes in Southern California and the market stopped and he had but a few dollars to feed a family of 7, he wept. When my mother heard the news of her father’s sudden … Continue reading →
There comes a moment in the life of every rational creature that affirms or denies the right of God over our very self. The woman demanding an abortion of her very child cries out that it’s her body and her … Continue reading →
Many wolves roam the byways and highways of our modernist world and they do not care about the eternal salvation of a soul but they are concerned about the economy, stupid. They are concerned with the world and what they … Continue reading →
On every special day families and societies join together to eat. Nutrition is the means to grow physically, intellectually and spiritually. For this reason modern man issues forth the brilliant reflection that we “are what we eat.” This has the … Continue reading →
Where is Just Anger? “For he who is angry without cause must answer for it. He who is angry with cause has not to answer for it. For if this were not so, teaching would be without profit, and crime … Continue reading →
Heresies Hurt With one bad apple a hundred other apples are ruined. When our Lord was teaching the people, they crowded up to Him so that they might touch Him and be healed. He would heal their bodies on the … Continue reading →
Bringing Joy to the Angels…a reflection on Penance How can penance give joy to the angels in heaven? Our Lord Jesus Christ said it and He meant it. So our task as the lost sheep is to let the Good … Continue reading →
“In Him we live and move and have our being.” Apart from our Lord Jesus Christ we can do nothing only sin. With Him we can do all things for the greater glory of God and the salvation of souls. … Continue reading →
Reverence is a quality of life which takes seriously all that God reveals, commands and inspires. Liturgy is the moment in our lives when reverence is the key to revelation of the divine nature. It was not man who authored … Continue reading →
We have the Truth but Where is our Zeal? After our sacrifices of 40 days in Lent we are to rejoice in 50 days of new life and the grace of being re-created through the Passion and Death of our … Continue reading →
“What God has joined together let no man tear asunder.” It is both a warning and an eternal spiritual fact. God has called us to recognize in Mary the reality of a maiden virgin united with a unique motherhood which … Continue reading →
Sin, Justice and Judgment: the Spirit is coming Elizabeth Warren, Beto, Kamala, de Blasio, etc. all proclaim the sin of abortion as a “Constitutional Right”; sin has been legalized but it has not been canonized. When the law of God … Continue reading →
Logotherapy Works He was taken from his family in the early morning hours; then he was placed in a cattle car and taken to a prison camp. While in the prison camp he was converted into a mule to carry … Continue reading →
What is the future of the flock? Last night I slept meditating on the meaning of the good Shepherd and our historical situation. The test of the Good Shepherd is the test of love which all of us must undergo … Continue reading →
Credibility Factor Doors were closed; fear reigned in the upper room; death still seemed to reign supreme in the minds of those who loved Our Lord. In the midst of all this without a soul opening a door, the presence … Continue reading →
The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims Mark 16: 1 – 7 1And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought sweet spices, that coming, they might anoint Jesus. 2And very early in the morning, … Continue reading →
The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims Matthew 28: 1 – 7 1And in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre. 2And … Continue reading →
The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims John 18: 1 – 40; 19: 1 – 42 John 18: 1 – 40 1When Jesus had said these things, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where there was a garden, into … Continue reading →
The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims John 13: 1 – 15 1Before the festival day of the pasch, Jesus knowing that his hour was come, that he should pass out of this world to the Father: having loved his own who were … Continue reading →
The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims Luke 22: 39 – 71; 23: 1 – 53 Luke 22: 39 – 71 39And going out, he went, according to his custom, to the mount of Olives. And his disciples also followed him. 40And when … Continue reading →
The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims Mark 14: 32 – 72; 15: 1 – 46 Mark 14: 32 – 72 32And they came to a farm called Gethsemani. And he saith to his disciples: Sit you here, while I pray. 33And he … Continue reading →
The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims John 12: 1 – 9 1Jesus therefore, six days before the pasch, came to Bethania, where Lazarus had been dead, whom Jesus raised to life. 2And they made him a supper there: and Martha served: but … Continue reading →
Anatomy of Betrayal, the Judas Complex Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. If this is so, then there is no change which can come to Him nor His Mystical Body. This is the fact of God’s nature which … Continue reading →
The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims Matthew 26: 36 – 75; 27: 1 – 60 26: 36 – 75 36Then Jesus came with them into a country place which is called Gethsemani; and he said to his disciples: Sit you here, till … Continue reading →
The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims John 12: 10 – 36 10But the chief priests thought to kill Lazarus also: 11Because many of the Jews, by reason of him, went away, and believed in Jesus. 12And on the next day, a great … Continue reading →