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	Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Headlines The Bones of Peter, the Successor of Peter: Close of the Year of Faith By Deacon Keith Fournier | November 25, 2013 On the Solemnity of the Feast of Christ the King, the Sunday which marks both the end of the Church Year and the end of the Year of Faith, inaugurated by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Pope Francis greeted thousands of the faithful and presided over Holy Mass and the Angelus prayer. It was a profoundly moving event, for many reasons. Among those reasons, Pope Francis, the successor of Peter, exposed for the first time the bones of St. Peter, the first Pope, for public veneration. Continue Reading... Understanding the Mystery of Iniquity and the Horror of Sin By Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq. | November 25, 2013 Reason alone cannot fully grasp the gravity of sin and recourse to the Holy Spirit and the Cross of Christ is necessary because there is, in fact, a two-fold aspect to any serious sin: a natural aspect and the more significant supernatural aspect of which reason is ignorant. Continue Reading... A VERY OLD TOAST! 3,700-year-old wine cellar found By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | November 24, 2013 Does wine really improve with age . say 3,700 years? Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient cellar in northern Israel that gives clues as to early wine making procedures. Continue Reading... Christ the King, the Year of Faith and the Catholic Counterculture By Deacon Keith Fournier | November 25, 2013 We celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. It is one of many opportunities the Catholic Church year offers to each one of us to consider the creature called time, receive it as a gift, and begin to really live our lives differently. This is one of the many things which make us countercultural. The number of things which make us countercultural is increasing as the West abandons its foundations in Christendom and embraces a secularist delusion. Our living them, in a compelling and visible way, is a profoundly important form of missionary activity. It will invite our neighbors to examine our lives and be drawn to the One who is its source, as the emptiness of a life without God fails to fulfill the longing in their hearts. On this Solemnity of the Feast of Christ the King, the Year of Faith inaugurated by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI comes to a ceremonial end. However, in reality, it cannot and will not end, because Jesus Christ is King! The Year of Faith was only the beginning for those who choose to live the Life of Faith. Continue Reading... Fr Randy Sly on Becoming a House of Prayer By Father Randy Sly | November 24, 2013 Becoming a House of Prayer is the best discipline we can take on. St. Ephraem of Syria states that Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven. When we rid ourselves of the temple baggage - our money changers and merchants of the heart - we can truly enter into a life of authentic prayer. Continue Reading... By | December 31, 1969 Continue Reading... My Letter from Rick Santorum: Join Me in Seeing The Christmas Candle. At Theatres This Weekend! By Deacon Keith Fournier | November 24, 2013 I guarantee you that your friends and their families will not be disappointed with the entertainment value of this film. It is a mix between It's a Wonderful Life and Dickens Christmas Carol. Set in a beautiful Victorian England village, shot by the same team that did the Harry Potter movies, it is a top quality inspiring Christmas story for the whole family. This is the first film that is about the real meaning of Christmas in 50 years with a great cast of British actors from Braveheart, The Hobbit, Les Miserables and The Mummy.(Rick Santorum) Continue Reading... Remembering JFK: Finding the Kennedy Mystique, Correcting the Kennedy Mistake By Deacon Keith Fournier | November 23, 2013 I grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts, an inner city neighborhood in greater Boston. We had a picture of John F Kennedy and the Pope on the wall. I vividly remember the fateful day when President Kennedy was assassinated. I was eight years old and a student at St. Matthews School.I remember the announcement which came over the intercom that our President had been shot. All the children were asked to remain silent and form a single line for procession to the Church. Many of the nuns were crying. I was crying. We prayed for our president and cried together. After all, we understandably took great pride in the fact that he was the first Catholic President of the United States of America. I was traumatized. I kept a scrapbook in which I collected newspaper articles, and photos concerning his assassination. My mother kept it for me. She also gave me a card made up marking the day of his funeral with a prayer for the repose of his soul. She wrapped it in Saran wrap and I have it to this day in my Breviary. Continue Reading... Fidelity and Infidelity: Bishop Paprocki and Governor Quinn. A Tale of Two Catholic Leaders By Deacon Keith Fournier | November 24, 2013 It is scandalous that so many Catholic politicians are responsible for enabling the passage of this legislation and even twisting the words of the pope to rationalize their actions despite the clear teaching of the church. All politicians now have the moral obligation to work for the repeal of this sinful and objectionable legislation. We must pray for deliverance from this evil which has penetrated our state and our church. (Bishop Thomas Paprocki) Continue Reading... Jesus Weeps and Offers the Path to Peace By Deacon Keith Fournier | November 24, 2013 If this day you only knew what makes for peace- but now it is hidden from your eyes. For the days are coming upon you when your enemies will raise a palisade against you; they will encircle you and hem you in on all sides. They will smash you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another within you because you did not recognize the time of your visitation. (Luke19:41-44) Continue Reading... Most Popular TREASON: Stop the lies, Obamacare is a move towards socialism Read More   Obianuju Ekeocha Calls out Melinda Gates for Turning up the Heat of Population Control in Africa Read More   Fidelity and Infidelity: Bishop Paprocki and Governor Quinn. 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