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Headlines FRIDAY HOMILY: Fr. Randy Sly on Love and the Greatest Law By Fr. Randy Sly | August 23, 2013 The rendering of God's law issues from a heart of love. The purpose of the Ten Commandments was to help build up our love for the Father, not to simply spoil our fun here on earth. For some reason, human beings seem to gravitate to legalism, when we establish many forms of relationship. It keeps things from being messy, being sloppy.However, it also takes the love right out of it. Continue Reading... Worldwide Christian Persecution Reveals the Rise of Evil and Grace By Michael Terheyden | August 23, 2013 The evil inflicted on these brave Christian souls fills me with sadness and anger, but their response to this evil inspires me and fills me with hope. I know it may seem strange to say, but there is a great good here as well as evil, and the good is stronger. Continue Reading... Did Pope Benedict XVI Hear the Lord Tell Him to Retire and Pray? By Deacon Keith Fournier | August 23, 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... Respond to the Wedding Invitation of Jesus: Live the Nuptial Mystery By Deacon Keith Fournier | August 23, 2013 It is not accidental that the Bible, from beginning to the end, uses marriage as a metaphor and a symbol to reveal the plan of God for the whole human race. Marriage was God's plan from the beginning as we see in the first book of Genesis. Throughout the Old Testament, the Lord speaks through His messengers to remind Israel that has espoused her Himself. Then, in the fullness of time, he sent the Bridegroom, Jesus, his only Son, to initiate the New Israel, the Church - through His saving Incarnation, life and redemptive death. At the cross he espoused Himself to the Church, which is now His Bride.  Comfortable in our Catholic Skin: Reject Triumphalism, Embrace the Call to Christian Unity By Deacon Keith Fournier | August 23, 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 23, 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...
   Most Popular Catholic Bishop quits Democratic party over homosexual marriage and abortion Read More  Honor Among Killers: President Obama Awards Gloria Steinem Medal of Freedom Read More  Guest Opinion: Sweet Cakes by Melissa and the Secularist Liberals' Quest to 'Rehabilitate' Christians Read More  Exchanging the Truth of God for a Lie: Rejecting Marriage and Gender are Connected Read More  FROM THE AIR: Scientology space-alien landing pad finally found Read More News | Catholic Life | PRWire | Encyclopedia | Bible | Prayers | Vocations | Saints & Angels © Copyright 2012 Catholic Online. This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this Catholic Online e-mail because you subscribed to it or someone forwarded it to you. To opt out, see the links below. TO ADVERTISE TO SUBSCRIBE Remove your e-mail address from our list. We respect your right to privacy. View our policy. This e-mail was sent by: Catholic Online, P.O. Box 9686 Bakersfield, CA 93389 USA
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