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	Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Headlines Did Pope Benedict XVI Hear the Lord Tell Him to Retire and Pray? By Deacon Keith Fournier | August 22, 2013 The European Media is abuzz with a report from a reliable source who spoke to His Holiness Benedict XVI just last week. The reports indicate that pope Emeritus Benedict heard the Lord tell him to step aside from his apostolic office and spend the rest of his life in prayer.Not only is the report reliable, it comes as no surprise to many observers of the Pope Emeritus. Benedict XVI really is a mystic, in the proper sense of the word. He lives in an intimate communion with the Lord in prayer. Continue Reading... Comfortable in our Catholic Skin: Reject Triumphalism, Embrace the Call to Christian Unity By Deacon Keith Fournier | August 22, 2013 Triumphalism is not the way toward Christian unity. It is not being comforatble in our Catholic skin. We need to reject it. One of the most difficult obstacles in making progress toward the visible unity of the Church is the reticence of some Catholics to accept the leadership of the Magisterium, the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the clear teaching of the Catholic Church on its priority. Continue Reading... Duck Dynasty Breaks Cable Records: Robertson Family Moves Hearts with Authentic Christian Faith By Deacon Keith Fournier | August 22, 2013 The Robertson family, like most families, has eccentric members. They are given over to the inside humor between one another which is so often used as a means of showing affection, especially among men. The personalities are delightful. My wife and I have developed our favorites among the cast. The situations they face each week, and the lessons learned as a result, serve as a framework for communicating timeless values in a simple but effective way. There are real, human, redemptive values on display in each episode as the family faces the stuff of raising children, remaining faithful to their marriages, and supporting one another in the rough and tumble of real life. In addition, in almost every episode, they end with the extended family sharing a meal which begins with a heartfelt and sincere prayer of thanksgiving to the Lord. Continue Reading... We Are Called Into the Vineyard of the Lord By Deacon Keith Fournier | August 22, 2013 This parable tells us today we all have a calling, a vocation, and a mission. No matter what time of the day we experience the invitation, it is time to get to work. The word vocation derives from the Latin word meaning voice, vocare. The Lord speaks to each of us and says, You go Into My Vineyard too! He invites us to respond afresh at every age and stage of our life. Continue Reading... A Reflection on Moral Theology: What Are We Choosing and Who Are We becoming? By Deacon Keith Fournier | August 21, 2013 What we choose determines who we will become. Choosing what is good changes the chooser, empowering him or her to proceed along the pathways of virtue and develop the habits which form Christian character, as they cooperate with grace . The Catechism of the Catholic Church addresses human choice, action and freedom: "The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just. The choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to "the slavery of sin. (Cf. Rom 6:17)" (CCC#1733) Continue Reading... TUESDAY HOMILY: The Width of the Door of Faith By Fr. Roger J. Landry | August 20, 2013 The disciples, few of which would have been wealthy by material standards, nevertheless took Jesus' words personally, asking, "Then who can be saved?" They knew what Jesus meant, which is to pass through the door of faith into his kingdom we must be willing to detach ourselves from our possessions, to do what the Rich Young Man didn't believe he could, to live the first beatitude and acquire true spiritual poverty because we find our wealth in God's kingdom. We cannot serve both God and mammon. Either we leave our attachments mammon to pass through the door of faith into Christ's kingdom or we hold on to the mammon, like the Rich Young Man and remain outside. Continue Reading... Recapturing the Two Wings of Faith and Reason By Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq. | August 21, 2013 Perhaps the two wings of reason and faith that inform the Catechism may, with a bit of grace and with some sincere prayer, find their way into your mind and heart and therein engender love, love of the God-man Jesus, the Logos (Reason) made Flesh (John 1:14), in whom "we see our God made visible and so are caught up in love of the God we cannot see." Continue Reading... Crackdown in Egypt; Rage Directed at Coptic Christians; U.S. Response Is Hypocritical By Michael Terheyden | August 20, 2013 The Egyptian military crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood was tragic. However, I believe ousting Morsi and cracking down on the Brotherhood is necessary. I also believe that President Obama's response was hypocritical. Taken together, these events constitute a warning for Americans. Continue Reading... MONDAY HOMILY: Sincerity is Essential for Discipleship By Fr. Stephen B. Reynolds | August 19, 2013 Despite his faithfulness to The Law, the youth of the Gospel was unfulfilled. His obedience was a good beginning, but it could not satisfy his inner longing for holiness. He is looking for something more, and he goes to Jesus to find it. Continue Reading... 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