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Religion and Politics: The Two Great Commandments
"Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two...
Fun in the Son
"And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, "Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.” 1 Kings 18:26-27 Brothers, Elijah's comic relief, in what was a very serious...
Secular Saeculorum
"None of the proponents of this reject God outright, but they treat revelation as secondary, or at least, on equal footing with experiences and modern science. This is how practical atheism works: it does not deny God, but functions as if God is not central." Cardinal...
A Tale of Three Cities
"What does it profit a man to be an expert theologian, if he is a shameless fornicator; or to be wholly temperate, but an impious blasphemer? The knowledge of doctrines is a precious possession." St Cyril of Jerusalem Brothers, "In the name of the Father, the Son, and...
A Vow to Defend
"Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church" - Ephesians 5:25 Brothers, The Scriptures are so filled with nuptial references, one might argue that the whole story of salvation is but one great love story, the story between Christ and His Church. Consider...
On the Third Day
"...and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man. For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and scourged, and spit upon: And after they have scourged him, they will put him to death; and on the...
It’s DEI or DIE
"Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well." Mt 6:33 In a recent communication sent by the Halton Catholic School Board, the concept of equity was asserted as being " consistent with Catholic social teaching" alongside...
Ora et Labora
"The perfect prayer is not one in which we tell God what we wish from Him, but rather one in which we ask God what He wishes from us." Venerable Fulton Sheen Brothers, In times of trial or confusion, someone will inevitably come along and casually dismiss the whole...
The Good, The Bread, and the Augury
"Belief in the true Incarnation of the Son of God is the distinctive sign of Christian faith: 'By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God.' (1 Jn 4:2) Such is the joyous conviction of the Church...
Communion, Community and Communication
"What we have here is a failure to communicate." Captain's speech - Cool Hand Luke The words communion, community and communication share a common (pun intended) root, namely, the word common. According to the Chambers dictionary of etymology, the word "common",...