The First Joyful Mystery: The Annunciation
The First Joyful Mystery: The Annunciation In the Mystery of the Annunciation three “Yes”es are necessary. Each “Yes” has to be spoken in the context of a potentially…
October the Month of the Rosary: A Time for a Consideration
“The Rosary is essentially a contemplative prayer, which requires tranquility of rhythm or even a mental lingering which encourages the faithful to meditate on the mysteries of the Lord’s life”(Congregation…
FAST FOOD: FORTIETH HELPING (2016)
“On all arable soil in the world we grow grain over tombs. The dead outnumber the living in a ratio of approximately 14 to 1. The estimate of the total…
FAST FOOD: THIRTY-NINTH HELPING (2016)
Giovanni Bugatti Pope’s Executioner, 1796-1865 Carried out 516 Execution The last execution by a Pope was by Blessed Pope Pius IX on July 9,1870. However the Vatican had a law…
FAST FOOD: THIRTY-EIGHTH HELPING (2016)
“To sate the lust for power more horrid still, The foulest stain and scandal of our nature, murder, Becomes its boast. One murder makes a villain, millions a Hero. Princes…
FAST FOOD: THIRTY-SEVENTH HELPING (2016)
Thomas Merton writes, “People may spend their whole lives climbing some ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.”…
FAST FOOD: THIRTY-SIXTH HELPING (2016)
Captain Philip S. Mumford was a former officer in Iraq. He gave a speech about why he was against what the British were doing in Iraq. He asked,” What is the…
FAST FOOD: THIRTY-FIFTH HELPING (2016)
Men of religious congregations do evil; ministers of God make the congregations feel good about doing it. Rather than guide them in the moral cultivation of their conscience, ministers, with…
FAST FOOD: THIRTY-FOURTH HELPING (2016)
Johannes Ude If the disciple of Christ is treated violently and gives his life for his conviction, this is not a defeat but rather a…
FAST FOOD: THIRTY-THIRD HELPING (2016)
Johannes Ude To avoid the slightest doubt, Christ and the apostles speaking in His name again and again emphasized love of the enemy. How can one reconcile these easily understandable…
Load More