Our Lady puts His Majesty, Jesus, first; she put others second, and herself last. J-O-Y follows. In saying her last recorded words in the Gospel, “Whatsoever He shall say to you, do ye” she does not f...
Council of Trent: “matrimony is a holy thing and is to be treated in a holy manner.” History tells why the Church is right: to tinker with the doctrine on marriage is to invite schism, wars, death not...
Man is by nature a religious being. God made us this way. It is built in. Religion is a part of the virtue of Justice, which requires giving to God what is due to Him as our Creator. In fact, this rel...
As we all know well Advent is a time provided by the Church for us to prepare for Christmas… As we continue our little series on the Sacraments, let us focus our attention on the name Christmas, which...
St. John Cassian’s writings on the Desert Fathers we find this saying: “When [the Eucharist] is received by a person, it burns out, as it were, by a kind of fire, the spirit that occupies his members...
We are living in a time in which the zealous priest, parent and teacher resemble the heroic Fr. Thomas Conway and Marine Captain Edward Parke. These men swam nearly continuously for a number of days s...
The Church is the new city of refuge. Just as the old cities were of the priestly tribe of Levi, so the Church is a priestly city. All in the Church, by virtue of their baptism have a share in the com...
A good priest I once worked with would often say, “It is not what you know, but who you know.” He was right in more ways than one. He was referring to having good connections in this life in order to...
St. Pauls declares in 2 Thess 2: “now you know what withholdeth.” We know for certain this must be first and foremost none other than His Majesty, Jesus Christ the King. For His Majesty alone will sla...
St. Therese certainly felt this hidden mystery when she was confirmed. “Finally, the happy moment [the sacrament of confirmation] arrived. I did not feel a brisk wind when the Holy Ghost descended, bu...
Let us renew our appreciation for this beautiful sacrament… and all that it does for us. Let us baptize our new born babes in a timely manner… and use it well ourselves by gathering up our sacrifices...
3. In the Creed we profess: “I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.” His Majesty Himself told us that Baptism is necessary for salvation “Amen, amen I say to thee, unless a man be born aga...
Our Merciful Savior is present in all the Sacraments to help us with all our needs and stages of spiritual development need for full maturity. He is here for us and has by no means abandoned us. This...
To make progress using the Sacrament of Penance, never be satisfied with just making a good confession but rather seek to make your firm purpose of amendment translate into actions… prayer and good wo...
Imagine for a moment you are in a big truck that has been loaded down with boxes. These boxes are causing the truck to be weighed down. If you have ever studied physics you might recall the simple equ...