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by bcadmin | Nov 20, 2022 | christ the king, Cross, Gospel, Humility, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Knowing the Faith, News, pride, Scripture, St. Luke the Evangelist | 0 |
“Love conquers all things. The love of God defeated death and sin on the cross… One already begins to enter the kingdom in this life by taking up and accepting the cross the Lord offers to each of us. And through that cross of Christ we wil…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 18, 2022 | Between the Sundays, Christian culture, Cross, Culture, demands, Featured, Living the Faith, News, Revelation, suffering, Truth | 0 |
If the Gospel is freeing, life-giving, and good, why is it so hard? Don’t get me wrong. The Gospel, euangélion, “Good News,” is indeed good news. There is nothing better. Every sadness, all darkness, every suffering has an answer. It is only temporary….
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 11, 2022 | Between the Sundays, Christian culture, comfort, Cross, demands, disciple, discipleship, Featured, Living the Faith, News, St. Paul, suffering | 0 |
“It’s time to recognize that Christianity is not a comfortable religion. The doctrines we profess are stumbling blocks, and the demands are uncomfortable.” We have gotten too comfortable. Walking around as baptized Christians, we probably don’t often t…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 14, 2022 | Catholic, Cross, Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Into the Deep, News, Prayer Life & Liturgy | 0 |
“Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven” (Matthew 23:9).
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by bcadmin | Jul 26, 2022 | 1, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Cross, Featured, Malcolm Muggeridge, News, Truth | 0 |
Truth is hard. Illusions are pleasant. It is not in the least surprising, then, that people will shun truth and welcome illusions. But illusions are not sustainable. Reality keeps getting in the way. Truth, though hard, is not only sustainable, it is rewarding. And among its rewards is joy. Christ came into the world to […]
St. Thomas Aquinas said of justice, “If anyone would reduce it to the proper form of a definition, he might say that ‘justice is a habit whereby a man renders to each one his due by a constant and perpetual will’” (Summa Theologiae II-II, 58, 1). This is good as far as it goes by way […]
Near the town of Šiauliai, over a hundred thousand crosses stand erect on a hill top. It is referred to as Kryžių Kalnas, or the “Hill of Crosses.” Pilgrims come and plant crosses in the ground to carry on the tradition. Notes of dedication and gratitude are expressed. Prayers of thanksgiving are offered for the […]
by bcadmin | Apr 20, 2022 | Blessed Carlos Acutis, Christ, Cross, News, relics, Saints, Shroud of Turin, St. Bernadette Subirous, Sudarium of Oviedo, The Dispatch | 0 |
There have been some reports in the news lately about relics arriving on U.S. soil. On April 3, a relic of Blessed Carlos Acutis, the first millennial to be beatified, arrived in New York. The […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 16, 2022 | Cross, crucifix, Easter, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Jesus Christ, Living the Faith, News, strength, weakness | 0 |
“When I am weak, then I am strong”; “power made perfect in weakness.” Such verses are often cited as key to spiritual growth, but do we really understand what they are talking about? Can anyone ever understand? Yes. If we couldn…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 15, 2022 | Anselm, atonement, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Council of Trent, Cross, Crucifixion, Fr. Nicholas E. Lombardo, Jesus Christ, News, satisfaction, The Dispatch | 0 |
In his 2013 book The Father’s Will: Christ’s Crucifixion and the Goodness of God (Oxford University Press), Fr. Nicholas E. Lombardo, O.P., launched several severe critiques against St. Anselm’s model of the atonement. “Anselm’s solution […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 15, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Chicago, Church in the US, Cross, Easter, News, religious liberty | 0 |
For the 15th year in a row, the Thomas More Society and other co-sponsors have erected a 19-foot-high cross on Chicago’s Daley Plaza for Easter.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 15, 2022 | Constantine, Cross, Jesus Christ, Milan, nails, News, relics, Rome, Siena, St. Helena, The Dispatch | 0 |
Spread throughout the world, in cathedrals and chapels, are perhaps three dozen rough iron nails claiming to be the nails that pierced the flesh of Christ. With so many claimants, there’s a temptation to dismiss […]
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