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Posted by bcadmin | Sep 29, 2021 | Abortion, Books, Dignity of Life, Featured, Literature, News |
American poets, short story writers, and novelists over the years have enjoyed a certain freedom of expression that has allowed them to call a spade a spade. In general, they provide more reliable moral insights than what we can expect these days from politicians and media celebrities, who are restricted by political correctness. T. S. […]
Posted by bcadmin | Sep 29, 2021 | 2 Cor 4:4, 2021, antiquity, Catholic Church, Catholicism, catholicity, Columns, exogeneity, Feast of St. Michael Archangel 2021, John Paul II, Michael Pakaluk, Michael Pakaluk's "Who is Like God?", Mont-Saint-Michel, Mount Gargano Italy, News, Pope Leo XIII, Pope Leo XIII and the Prayer to St. Michael by Kevin Symonds, shrine of St. Michael in Monte Sant’ Angelo, The Catholic Thing, urgency |
Michael Pakaluk on St. Michael: Four important marks define devotion to the Archangel: antiquity, exogeneity, catholicity, and urgency.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 29, 2021 | In the News, News |
Citing Pope Francis’ Traditionis Custodes, Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega, archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, has decreed the abolition of the…
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Read MoreThe early Church Fathers recognized the importance of the angels and archangels, particularly St. Michael. Theodoret of Cyr (393-466) in…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 29, 2021 | Commentary, News |
Tolkien, at his best and most consistent, was a serious Thomist, a devout Roman Catholic whose faith permeates all of…
The post The nature of Middle-Earth appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 29, 2021 | Featured Highlights, News, Saints |
A blessed feast of the Archangels to all our readers. Father Scott’s article on the Saint Michael prayer points out that this used to be the feast only of the great defender of heaven, he ‘who is like God’, hence, its traditional title of Michaelmas. The other two angels were added in the revisions after[…]
The post The Holy Archangels and Spiritual Warfare appeared first on Catholic Insight.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 29, 2021 | Commentary, News |
If we’re going to actually protect the lives of people with Down syndrome and other disabilities, we have to do…
The post Becoming signs of contradiction appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 29, 2021 | In the News, News |
As German Catholics prepare for their second Synodal Assembly, Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, president of German bishops’ conference, called…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 29, 2021 | News, Quote of the Day |
“The angels lead the soul to the peaks of the spiritual life. In revealing the beauty of God, they awaken in the soul a more burning thirst for union with Him.”
—Jean Danielou, The Angels and Their Mission
Read MoreThe liturgy celebrates the feast of these three archangels who are venerated in the tradition of the Church. Michael (Who is like God?) was the archangel who fought against Satan and all his evil angels, defending all the friends of God. He is the prot…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 29, 2021 | Homily of the Day, News |
Jesus in today`s gospel speaks of “angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” He’s referring to an incident narrated in the Book of Genesis. Jacob had a dream in which he saw a ladder with its feet on the ground and its top reaching to the heavens. The angels of God […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 29, 2021 | News, Today's Saint |
The archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael are honored on September 29; October 2 is the Feast of the Guardian Angels. Michael has been widely venerated by Jews and Christians alike, and because of a passage from the Book of Revelation describing him as leading the angels in the war against Satan and his followers (12:7-9), […]
Posted by bcadmin | Sep 29, 2021 | Angels, Faith, News, Spirituality, Stephen J. Binz |
What does the Bible really tell us?
The post Who are the angels? appeared first on Catholic Digest.
Questions Covered:
02:25 – What would you say to someone that is interested in joining the church but the idea of having to go to a class to join the church is off-putting to them?
11:05 – I heard a point made from a person that the crumb…
Posted by bcadmin | Sep 28, 2021 | News, Nota in Brevis |
Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence. In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps. Proverbs 3:5-6 A blessed feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael to one and all! Defend us in the day of battle, indeed… Archbishop[…]
The post Signs of the Times, September 29th appeared first on Catholic Insight.
Read MoreQuestions Covered:
19:50 – Based on the Catholic teachings, is it wrong to celebrate the feast days commanded in Lev 23?
23:08 – How could God condemn Adam of Eve of sinning because of eating from the tree of good and evil? They didn̵…
Posted by bcadmin | Sep 28, 2021 | Catholic social teaching, News, Pope Francis, Second Vatican Council, U.S. & World News, Vatican 2, Vatican II |
Pope Francis said the Second Vatican Council so shaped his theological and pastoral vision that perhaps he has not been as explicit as he should have been in highlighting those ties, especially when it comes to his contributions to Catholic social teaching.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 28, 2021 | Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, COVID-19, News, U.S. & World News, Vaccine hesitancy, Vatican |
While men and women have a responsibility to be vaccinated against COVID-19, they also have a responsibility to engage in dialogue with those who are hesitant, rather than trying to force them, said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 28, 2021 | Bering Sea, Catholic Extension, Father Stan Jaszek, Lumen Christi Award, News, Poland, Solidarity movement, St. John Paul, U.S. & World News |
Father Stan Jaszek, a missionary priest from Poland who is serving Native Alaskans in the Diocese of Fairbanks, has been named the recipient of Catholic Extension’s 2021-2022 Lumen Christi Award.
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