For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his footsteps. (1 Peter 2:21) Archbiship Chaput has a wonderful reflection on what it means to follow Christ that we should think about this Good Friday, from his book Render Unto Ceasar: Jesus accepted every measure of suffering … Read More
TOB Tuesday: TOB and Lent
“The body in fact and only the body is capable of making visible what is invisible: the spiritual and the divine. It has been created to transfer into the visible reality of the world the mystery hidden from eternity in God, and thus to be a sign of it.” (TOB 19:4, Feb 20, 1980) Lent is a very “bodily” season … Read More
Love and Responsibility Immersion Course 2009
As JP II’s groundbreaking teaching on sexuality and the human person is very slowly making its way into the hearts and minds of the Catholic faithful (and even many protestants) very few people realize just how far the late pontiff delved into understanding and explaining the Catholic tradition of family life and sexual morality. So I was pleased to receive … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Glorify God in your Body
I came up with the subject for this week’s TOB (Theology of the Body) Tuesday after listening to the second reading at Mass this Sunday: 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20 Brothers and sisters: The body is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body; God raised the Lord and will also raise us by his … Read More
Virtual Abortion Holocaust Memorial
Georgia Right to Life has launched a virtual memorial wall to remember the almost 50 MILLION unborn children murdered since the legalization of abortion in America. It was inspired by the Vietnam Memorial which, with 58,000 names, is 500 feet long. According to this story, a similar wall displaying all of the abortion victim’s names would measure 81 miles in … Read More
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Happy New Year, dear readers! Today Catholic’s celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary in her most important role – Mother of God. Mother – is there any sweeter title in all the world?! Motherhood is the sublime calling for all women, without exception. Spiritually, biologically – maternity is, Alice von Hildebrand writes, the very soul of a woman. May all pregnant … Read More
The Incomparable Value of Every Human Person
“[O]nly in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light” (Gaudium et Spes, 22) As we celebrate the Incarnation this Christmas season it is a wonderful time to reflect on the meaning of human life for, as Vatican II goes on to say: “Christ…fully reveals man to man himself and makes his supreme calling … Read More
Judgment Day is on the Way
This is an outstanding article from Bishop Hermann in St. Louis. They haven’t named a permanent replacement yet, but I think Hermann’s filling in quite nicely for Burke: Judgment Day is on its way. When my time comes, I will be measured by my Savior for the decisions I have made. I will either be acknowledged by Jesus or denied … Read More
Lessons from a Little Flower
If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me (Lk. 9:23, Mt. 16:24 This is a call that our greatest saints have heard and taken to task. In understanding the call of suffering and self denial, few saints have had as much of an influence on me as Therese … Read More