Nov
26
Faith is more than mere belief
November 26, 2008 | 1 Comment
Faith is more than mere belief, it is a supernatural gift which exceeds the light of natural reason or the impressions of sentiment. It is more certain than all human knowledge.
St. Thomas clarifies this matter:
Two things are requisite for faith. First, that the things which are of faith should be proposed to man: this is [...]
Nov
24
Eat thy bread with the hungry and needy
November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
From the Book of Tobias:
Ch. 4:6 And all the days of thy life have God in thy mind: and take heed thou never consent to sin, nor transgress the commandments of the Lord our God. 7 Give alms out of thy substance, and turn not away thy face from any poor person: for so it [...]
Nov
23
Bishop Sheen
November 23, 2008 | 2 Comments
Nov
23
Quis est Caritas?
November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Part of the actual mission of the laity is the exercise of the prophetic voice of the Church. It is important especially in these degenerating times, when discipline and order and respect for authority are on the decline, for the laity to preserve the traditions which pertain to those aspects of the sensus fidelium which [...]
Nov
22
Not a Penny to the CCHD!
November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This Sunday in the diocese where I work- that is where I engage in labor to earn a living, there will be the second collection for the Catholic Campaign For Human Development (CCHD), a project sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Those who follow the relations of Catholics to secular politics [...]
Nov
14
Gone to Croatan
November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Nov
13
The City of God
November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This author recommends the reading of the City of God by St. Augustine. A Roman, he witnessed the days of the unthinkable - the plunder of Rome. I often am reminded of how our history books do great injustice to those events and depict those citizens as primitive and superstitious when in fact their civilization [...]
Nov
13
The Fast of St. Martin
November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
In the old days of the Church a fast from the day after St. Martin’s feast (November 12) until the Vigil of the Nativity was customary. In fact according to the primitive Franciscan Rule, the Rule of 1221, it was part of the penitential observances of the Brothers of Penance, the original secular order of [...]
Nov
11
Democracy and essential slavery
November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Is democracy the ideal form of human government?
This is a legitimate question and one which if asked in the United States of America, runs the risk of getting one ostracized. Nevertheless the question remains, and this hallowed tradition of America is one which bears to be questioned.
The Founding Fathers proposed the idea of democracy in [...]
Nov
11
St. Martin of Tours
November 11, 2008 | 1 Comment
Collect: Father, by his life and death Martin of Tours offered you worship and praise. Renew in our hearts the power of your love, so that neither death nor life may separate us from you. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one [...]
