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Posted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, moral relativism, Morality, News, The Facts of Life |
The Facts of Life: Morality In our modern world, almost nothing is more provocative than insisting on the existence of moral truths. Insisting that moral principles are factual and provable truths that provide clear standards for all human behavior and attitudes, all human emotions and thinking, all human aspirations and ambitions, is oddly a sin of […]
Posted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
It was almost immediately when I started intentionally covering my family members in prayer years ago that I realized the magnitude of participating in the power of Christ who drives out demons and destroys strongholds. “You want to play that game?” the darkness seemed to sneer, surfacing from areas I hadn’t suspected. But thankfully I knew […]
Posted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | All Soul's Day, attachments, Calendar & Seasons, Catholic Church, Doctrine, Faith, Featured, In the Spotlight, Jesus Christ, News, Purgatory, Redemption |
I’ll never forget that bleak January day when my father died. It was very hard to believe in the resurrection as I watched the undertakers carry away his lifeless corpse in a body bag. But imagine this scene. You are an unborn child who has lived in …
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Picture the scene: you’ve just arrived in heaven, after probably passing through purgatory. Tradition tells us that you are then invited to the beatific vision. The Book of Revelation adds some details to this, listing some of the things you will receive in heaven. They include the ‘hidden manna,’ a victory crown, and fruit of […]
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Robert Royal on Election eve: The gates of Hell may not prevail, but things can still go very wrong in many ways for a long time.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | 2020, Abortion, Anti-Catholicism, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Chesterton’s “Ballad of the White Horse”, Columns, COVID-19, global pandemic, Islam, Jn. 15:18, Joe Biden, Little Sisters of the Poor, News, persecution of Christians, President Donald J. Trump, Robert Royal, St. Augustine, The Catholic Thing, Vandals, violence against Catholics, Washington D.C. boarded up |
Robert Royal on Election eve: The gates of Hell may not prevail, but things can still go very wrong in many ways for a long time.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | In the News, News |
A former diocesan priest and son of Connecticut beatified. It’s also the first time a diocesan priest born in the…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | In the News, News |
Although the Vatican knows Christmas may be very different this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it already has chosen…
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Although the Vatican knows Christmas may be very different this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it already has chosen…
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On the Second of November, many families, especially in small towns, decorate the graves with flowers, have Masses or prayers…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | Commentary, News |
On the Second of November, many families, especially in small towns, decorate the graves with flowers, have Masses or prayers…
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Police departments around the U.S. are set to cancel days off, prepare tactical response teams, and gather intelligence from social…
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Police departments around the U.S. are set to cancel days off, prepare tactical response teams, and gather intelligence from social…
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Read MoreThis is America, This vast, confused beauty, This staring, restless speed of loveliness, Mighty, overwhelming, crude, of all forms, Making…
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Read MoreThis is America, This vast, confused beauty, This staring, restless speed of loveliness, Mighty, overwhelming, crude, of all forms, Making…
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Read More“On this day is observed the commemoration of the faithful departed, in which our common and pious Mother the Church, immediately after having endeavored to celebrate by worthy praise all her children who already rejoice in heaven, strives to aid by he…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | News, Quote of the Day |
“Pray, therefore, I repeat, and obtain prayers; your prayers, while consoling and sanctifying you for the present, have already contributed in the past to save those whom you love.”— François René Blot, In Heaven We’ll Meet Again: The Saints and Scrip…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | Homily of the Day, News |
The practice of praying for the dead, the offering of Mass intentions, the visiting of graves, they all make sense if we believe the foundational truth of Christianity. Because Jesus is raised into newness of life, into fullness of life by God’s glory, there is hope for us. The song entitled “You raise me up”, […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | All Souls, News, Purgatory, The Church Suffering, Today's Saint |
Since the eleventh century, the Feast of All Souls has been celebrated for deceased Christians that they might “rest in peace.” Catholics believe, as we recite in the Creed, in the “communion of saints.” In the Feast of All Saints and the Feast of All Souls, we solidify that belief. This is the union of […]
A Greek Orthodox priest was shot and badly wounded on Saturday at his church in Lyon, France. Father Nikolas Kakavelakis was listed in critical condition in a local hospital. Police, who were searching for the gunman, said they were treating the shooti…
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