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Headlines Halloween in the Year of Faith: Evangelizing our Pre-Christian Culture By Deacon Keith Fournier | October 31, 2013 Like many Catholics and other Christians I am aware that the contemporary celebration of Halloween, with its undue influence on goblins, ghosts and the demonic, reflects the waning influence of the Christian worldview in the West. However, it also presents an opportunity for Catholic Christians to do what we have always done, live like missionaries in our own culture. Particularly during this Year of Faith I suggest we consider how the Church has transformed cultures throughout her history- and then do the same. Continue Reading... Priest Returns from China - Has Mass Blocked by U.S. Government By Terence P. Jeffrey | October 31, 2013 In China, says Father Leonard, "We expected the Communist Party to interfere and block religious services. They were very clear that they despised religion and they would do that. There was no question. But the great surprise is to be here and be standing in front of my chapel where I am the pastor and told that you can't have services here by decree of the government." Represented by the Thomas More Law Center, this heroic priest is now suing the U.S. Department of Defense for violating the First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion. He says he will take the case all the way to the Supreme Court if he must. Continue Reading... THURSDAY HOMILY: We Are Invited Into an Encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ By Deacon Keith Fournier | October 31, 2013 Today we are gathered in the presence of the same Jesus Christ. He is as truly present as He was in those dusty streets on the way to Jerusalem - for those whose eyes are opened by living faith. The same Holy Spirit which transformed the Apostle Paul has been given to you and me. The same Jesus whom Paul encountered, will soon come to us in the Holy Eucharist and make His home within us. The key is our response to the invitation. Continue Reading... What child is this? Cute little boy hugs Pope Francis during papal address By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | October 30, 2013 Pope Francis got an unexpected surprise yesterday when a little boy wandered onstage during a papal address. Continue Reading... Archbishop William E. Lori Teaches Christians How to Explain and Defend Religious Liberty By Deacon Keith Fournier | October 31, 2013 We must face the facts, the first freedom, religious freedom, is under a ferocious assault in the United States of America. Further, the Catholic Church is increasingly being threatened at the very heart of her mission. Religious faith and the values informed by faith serve and promote the common good. Religious freedom is a fundamental and basic human right which must be secured and protected by law in truly free Nations. Rightly understood and properly respected, religious freedom means a freedom for religious expression; not a removal of such expression from public places. Continue Reading... Achard of St. Victor: 'Punishment Has Some Likeness to God' By Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq. | October 31, 2013 A Juggernaut of a doctrine, the modern "God is love" teaching, when not properly offered, can trample everything before it, including justice and punishment--indeed even, if some modern theologians are to be believed, an eternal Hell. Now, that God is love is absolutely true. (1 John 4:8) It is dogma. But it does not follow that a God of love does not also judge and punish. Love and judgment, love and punishment are not opposites. Punishment which follows judgment is not necessarily inconsistent with love. Continue Reading... WEDNESDAY HOMILY: Humility is the Key to the Narrow Gate By Fr Samuel Medley, SOLT | October 30, 2013 A humble and contrite heart is the key that opens the narrow gate. Jesus Most Sacred Heart, source of all humility, contrition, grace, and mercy, prays and intercedes for you. Next time you receive Jesus in holy communion. Be still. Know Jesus is God. And allow Him to ask the Father for your salvation. Continue Reading... Homily of Pope Francis for World Family Day: Christian Families are Missionaries By Pope Francis | October 30, 2013 We all know that families, especially young families, are often "racing" from one place to another, with lots to do. But did you ever think that this "racing" could also be the race of faith? Christian families are missionary families, in their everyday life, in their doing everyday things, as they bring to everything the salt and the leaven of faith! Continue Reading... Mary: Mother of the Domestic Church and Queen of the Family By Deacon Keith Fournier | October 30, 2013 The beloved disciple John tells us of the last gift that Jesus gave to all of us before He surrendered His life for the redemption of the world. That gift was His Mother: When Jesus saw his mother* and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son."Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. (John 19:26,27) From the earliest centuries of the Church this gift of a mother has been reflected upon in some of the most beautiful writings in the Christian tradition. Continue Reading...
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