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by 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 | Nov 1, 2022 | All Saints Day, All Soul's Day, Blessed Virgin Mary, intercessory prayer, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, Knowing the Faith, Mystical Body of Christ, News, Prayer, Saints, Solemnity of All Saints, St. Paul | 0 |
The Solemnity of All Saints Today is the Solemnity of All Saints, a celebration of those who have died and attained Heaven. We will remember those who are undergoing purgation tomorrow on All Souls Day. Today, I would like to look at the Catholic pract…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 1, 2022 | areopagus, human dignity, In the Spotlight, News, Prayer, Prayer & Spiritual Life, prayer life, Scripture, St. Paul | 0 |
The Most Poetic Line in Any Language There is a verse in Scripture that speaks about who we are as human beings. It may not be overstating the point to suggest that it is the single best explanation of the meaning of human existence. The verse is from …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 15, 2022 | Exodus, Gospel of Luke, Jesus Christ, Justin Martyr, Moses, News, Prayer, St. Paul, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • Ex 17:8-13 • Ps 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 • 2 Tm 3:14-4:2 • Lk 18:1-8 How long can any of us live without air? A few minutes at best? How long can we […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 14, 2022 | Battle of prayer, Moses, News, Persistent prayer, Prayer, St. Paul, Sunday Scriptures, Timothy | 0 |
The theme of the readings for Oct. 16 is persistent prayer.
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Most people seem to think that Christian thinkers were the originators of the thought of a “universal society of men” – the notion that became the idea of the Universal Church. Out of context, such a “universal society” sounds like your average globalist who seeks to remove any barriers on society at all, and the […]
by bcadmin | Jun 22, 2022 | 3M, ACC, ACC building, Albert Kahn, Archbishop Hebda, Archdiocesan Catholic Center, Dayton’s Bluff, East Side, Featured, Florence Trainor, James Trainor, Local News, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, National Register of Historic Places, News, St. Paul, St. Paul Port Authority, St. Paul’s East Side, Trainor, Trainor family | 0 |
After renting an office building on St. Paul’s East Side for the Archdiocesan Catholic Center since 2017, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has purchased that building, Archbishop Bernard Hebda announced June 21 in a letter to priests.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 5, 2022 | Featured, Justification, News, Protestantism, St. Paul | 0 |
When Catholics and Protestants talk about justification, our discussions usually center on the question of faith and works. Do we need to do good works to be justified, or is faith alone sufficient? For Catholics, it is the former, and for most Protestants, it is the latter. However, that is not the only way our […]
Every single minute we spend with our knees bent and our heads bowed in prayer, we literally release ourselves from the bondage and burden of this earthly life. Thanks be to God. This release is best described as a healing of anything that impedes…
Read MoreSo, what about us? Do we know this love of Jesus and the Father? Is it so real for us, so life changing that it spurs us on to share the Gospel, endure any trial and accept any rejection or persecution? The early Church Father, St. John Chrysostom, had…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 22, 2022 | Eastern Orthodox, Inna Collier Paske, Local News, News, St. Pascal Regional Catholic School, St. Paul, Ukraine | 0 |
Inna Collier Paske works full-time as principal of St. Pascal Regional Catholic School in St. Paul. But since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, staying in touch with her parents and sister back in their hometown in central Ukraine has become something of a second job, she said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 8, 2022 | Featured, heroes, News, Prayer & Spirituality, Sophia Excerpts, St. Paul, virtues | 0 |
Our culture has a very confused sense of heroism, often applauding the biggest, strongest, loudest, or wealthiest. Blockbuster movies and an endless parade of celebrities and sports figures dominate the mainstream representation of heroes. But true heroism — the kind that saves lives, preserves dignity, and protects the most vulnerable — is a determined, steadfast […]
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