Another simple way to see all of history might be to view the EFFECTS of a fulfilled or broken contract. If terms are fulfilled, peace and order result. If not fulfilled, then there is ENTROPY! Let us...
May we never doubt that God keeps His contracts. Men, even those high up like a Caiphas and Aaron, may break them, such that all under them will suffer, but when we keep to our part, God will give us...
One simple way to view all history is to see it through the lens of a contract or covenant. Adam and Eve entered into a contract with God in Paradise. The terms were simple. “Of every tree of paradise...
For our meditation today, let us compare two things… the desire of fallen man as opposed the desire and will of His Majesty. To make this clear, perhaps we can rephrase the last temptation to come dow...
We can ask why does God give us so many beautiful things? At first all of these are useful in serving God. But due to our fallen nature, we easily become distracted… So, no matter what, in due time, t...
The major ingredients, if we may call them such, of a passion… (i) a betrayal from deep within, nay even from the sanctuary of the Church or inner sanctum of our hearts. This is Judas. It cannot start...
Our dearest Lord preached a wondrous sermon from the wooden pulpit of His Holy Cross…a sermon made up of seven last words…seven memorable phrases. The sixth word from the Holy Cross was short, but...
The first papal usage of the term occurs in an allocution by Pope Pius XI (1922-1939) to pilgrims from Vicenza on 30 November 1933: From the nature of His work the Redeemer ought to have associated Hi...
Struggling to understand the meaning of Suffering and Pain? Take your pain and suffering … adding on more sacrifices of your own, unite them with His Majesty and give them to Our Lady, Co-Redemptrix...
Why suffering? It puts the love of God on display for us. With this example and understanding, we, in turn, learn how to love correctly.
On that first Good Friday…on that most holy and solemn day of our Lord’s Death…the Heavenly Father was given the greatest extrinsic glory that has ever been offered by man to God. Never before i...
The sufferings of Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, is for ALL time... for ALL sin.
Time and time again we find that a passiontide for the Church or even a nation begins with a high level betrayal. But we too act as Judas when we betray His Majesty by committing mortal sin.
Although we have the truth, often represented by a sword in the Sacred Scripture and specially entrusted to Peter, we must be careful how we wield such a sword lest we strike off the ears of our liste...
Let us deepen our understanding as to why this day is called \"Good.\" In poetic fashion and using many biblical allusions and traditions, Father draws many parallels between the first Friday of Creat...
St. Vincent Ferrer provides six reasons for why Christ suffered so much for our redemption and salvation. These deal with Adam's sin and fulfilling Sacred Scripture: (1) for bodily refreshment, (2) to...
The permission for sin is a positive act on God's part, and is therefore a holy act. He has a proportionate reason. St. Augustine teaches, "God brings good out of evil." St. Irenaeus taught that God w...
Christ has the primacy in all things, including death! He lay down His life on His own first. Historically, He did so at the First Mass (Last Supper). Sacramentally, He does so at every Mass in the do...