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by bcadmin | Nov 23, 2022 | Canada, Commentary, Gaudium et spes, Immaculate Conception, life, Liturgy, News, Pope Paul VI, Scripture, Second Vatican Council, universal call to holiness, unplanned pregnancy | 0 |
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. I’ve found myself rereading the council documents, since they are a treasure trove of insights about the liturgy, Scripture and the universal call to holiness, among other topics.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 17, 2022 | daily life, Featured, Gratitude, joy, life, Living the Faith, News, Surrender & Strength, thanks, thanksgiving, Virtue | 0 |
“When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” – G. K. Chesterton I remember at a very young age the constant urging of my parents to always say “thank you” in response to any kindness or…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 21, 2022 | atheism, blessings, Catholic Church, Creator, Faith, Featured, God, Gratitude, Jesus Christ, Knowing the Faith, life, Love, News, Power, Prayer, Surrender & Strength | 0 |
Human intelligence is surely already capable of finding a response to the question of origins. The existence of God the Creator can be known with certainty through his works, by the light of human reason, even if this knowledge is often obscured and di…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 23, 2022 | Abortion, Contraception, life, News, Rape, Roe v. Wade, Sexuality, The Dispatch | 0 |
In response to Pilate’s question, “what is truth?,” we can answer that it is the conformity of the mind to reality. In opposing the specious arguments of the pro-choice movement, we can have confidence that the […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 15, 2022 | Archbishop Borys Gudziak, Justice, liberty, life, Nato, News, Picks, Russia, Truth, U.S. & World News, Ukraine, Ukrainian Catholic archbishop, Ukrainian Catholic Church, Vladimir Putin | 0 |
Russian President Vladimir Putin did not invade Ukraine out of concern that NATO would encroach on his borders, but concern about “the disease of democracy that could spread like a virus, and that’s deadly for oligarchies and authoritarian rulers,” said the archbishop who serves as a “foreign minister” for the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 14, 2021 | Divine Providence, Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Featured, God, God's Love, Heaven, human dignity, Into the Deep, life, News, Salvation | 0 |
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” (Matthew 16:24-25) But Jesus s…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 12, 2021 | Abide with Me, Call to Holiness, Creation, death, Divine Providence, Featured, God, God's Love, Heaven, human dignity, Into the Deep, life, News, Salvation, September 11th, time | 0 |
“Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent” (Luke 24:29). Just yesterday we remembered the victims of September 11, 2001 in our prayers as we marked the twentieth anniversary of that tragic day. That is a day that I pray we ne…
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | Blessed Mother, Father, life, Mother!, News, Thoughts of God, Your Heart His Home | 0 |
There was a woman who, at nearly 40 years old, after having had six children and one miscarriage, learned she was about to have another child. Though she loved being a mother, the weight of this reality did not fill her with joy.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 11, 2021 | Bishops, Catholic laity, Commentary, common good, COVID-19, dignity, Legislative leaders, Legislative negotiations, life, Melissa Hortman, Minnesota Legislature, News, Paul Gazelka, Peggy Flanagan, Recreational marijuana, Ryan Winkler, Tim Walz | 0 |
In these final days before the regular session of the Minnesota Legislature ends May 17, Catholic laity continue advocating to uphold life, dignity and the common good. Not only are people in the pews speaking out, so are our shepherds.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 4, 2021 | death, Easter, Featured, first fruits, Gospel, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, life, Mary Magdalene, New Life, News, Resurrection, resurrection of the body, Saints, Scripture, St. John the Evangelist, St. Paul, St. Peter, surrender | 0 |
“For through the law I died to the law, that I might live for God, I have been crucified with Christ; yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who has loved me and given hims…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 21, 2021 | death, Featured, Gospel, grace, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, Lazarus, life, News, Redemption, Resurrection, resurrection of the body, Sacred Scripture, Salvation, Sanctifying Grace, Scripture, Scrutinies, sin, Sunday Scripture Reflections | 0 |
The Final Journey to Jerusalem Begins The account of the raising of Lazarus from the dead by Jesus is the seventh of the seven signs in St. John’s Gospel that announce the fulfillment of the Old Covenant in the New Covenant and the passing away o…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 11, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholics, clarity, courage, example, Faith, Featured, Jesus Christ, Lent, life, Living the Faith, News, Prayer, simplify, Surrender & Strength | 0 |
Do you ever feel overwhelmed with all of the stress, responsibilities and challenges in your daily life? If I am honest with myself, the times I feel most anxious or stressed are usually caused by my lifelong tendency to overcomplicate things and an in…
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