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There is a scene near the middle of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in which Frodo Baggins volunteers to carry the last and most powerful ring to Mt. Doom in order to destroy it. Because he does not know the way, and because he is small of stature, he admits that he will […]
by bcadmin | Jun 29, 2022 | Catholic Watchmen, Chastity, Moral virtue, News | 0 |
Chastity is a “moral virtue” and a “fruit of spiritual effort” that by our baptism enables us to imitate the “purity of Christ” as taught by our Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC, 2345). Chastity as a gift from God relevant in all stages or situations in life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 12, 2022 | Books, Catechism, Chastity, Courage apostolate, eve tushnet, Features, Homosexuality, lesbianism, LGBTQ, News, Sexuality | 0 |
Writer Eve Tushnet, who says of herself that “being gay and Catholic is literally my job” has written a followup to her 2014 book Gay and Catholic: Accepting My Sexuality, Finding Community, Living My Faith. […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 20, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Chastity, Code of Canon Law, Eastern Catholic Churches, News, preistly celibacy, Vatican, Vatican conference | 0 |
The requirement that most priests in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church be celibate has theological and spiritual foundations and not only practical motivations, said speakers at an international conference on priesthood.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 20, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Chastity, Code of Canon Law, Eastern Catholic Churches, News, preistly celibacy, Vatican, Vatican conference | 0 |
The requirement that most priests in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church be celibate has theological and spiritual foundations and not only practical motivations, said speakers at an international conference on priesthood.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 18, 2021 | Chastity, Daily Quote, impurity, News, peace, purity, Saints, st jerome | 0 |
A Daily Quote to Inspire Your Catholic Faith “Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.” (St. Jerome, Priest and Doctor o…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 12, 2021 | Cardinal Virtues, charity, Chastity, faithfulness, Fruits of the Spirit, generosity, Gentleness, Goodness, Hard times, joy, kindness, modesty, News, patience, peace, Restoration, Self-control, Simple Holiness | 0 |
With at least some restoration in sight of what appears to have been our previous experience of normalcy, we may have some hope for a better, healthier, calmer future. For those who have been fully vaccinated, many are often no longer wearing masks.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 30, 2021 | AIDS, blood donations, Chastity, News, Red Cross, Sexuality, The Dispatch | 0 |
While the American Red Cross supports sexual expression through condom distribution, it also values the virtue of chastity, at least regarding whose blood it will accept. I’m blessed to give blood, and I’m reminded every […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 5, 2020 | All Saints, Chastity, courage, Faith, Hope, Humility, Love, Lumen Gentium, News, Only Jesus, perseverance, prudence, Solemnity of All Saints, temperance, virtues | 0 |
the Solemnity of All Saints, which is always for me one of the most inspiring feast days of the year. It reminds me that I am not alone and that I am surrounded always by this “great cloud of witnesses” (Heb. 12:1) who are members of the same Church as I am, and who are not only models for me but friends who are helping me to attain the goal of my life.
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