Faith
What is evangelization?
I ran across a very good quote on Facebook this morning I’d like to share with you:
Read MoreWhen will we be able to see like Simeon?
The temple is sacred.
Today’s Sunday readings point out the ongoing significance of the Temple of the Lord in our lives. What is the temple? It is our houses of worship. And it is our bodies.
These temples should be sacred and kept pure …
Should we separate faith and politics?
Your suffering matters
“A stone thrown into the ocean affects even the most distant shore. Doctors graft skin from the body; if it is possible to graft skin, why is it not possible to graft prayer; if it is possible to transfuse blood, why is it not possible to transfuse sacrifice? The sacrifices I make can therefore be applied to others.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Wartime Prayer Book) The Venerable Bishop Sheen paraphrases St. Paul so beautifully …
Read MorePrayer for the Preborn
We pray for president Obama, members of Congress and the Supreme Court, that they may have the courage and wisdom to establish and promote laws which protect the dignity of human life from conception until natural death …
Read MoreThe fruit of Catholicism
Why was Jesus baptized?
“The reason Our Lord was baptized was because it was part of the whole process of emptying, of humiliation, of the Incarnation …”
Read MoreWhat morals does a Christian have that an atheist lacks?
A Quiner’s Diner reader, Joe, challenged this blog with three provocative questions:
1. There is a man who goes to my sister’s church who is quite upset over this Duck Dynasty ordeal. This is a man who according to Jesus is an adulterer since he has twice divorced (no annulments granted here). Why does no one seem to have a problem with his sins?
2. What morals do you as Christians have that I, an atheist, lack?
3. What laws specifically need to be passed to bring us within God’s Law?
Great questions.
I ran his questions by a cross section of friends whose opinions I respect. I’d like to share some feedback …
Do you value Jesus?
“Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.” ~ St. Augustine of Hippo
Read MoreBe a child today
“It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.” ~ Charles Dickens
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