Pope Leo XIV – Inaugural Mass Homily
Elected on May 8, 2025, as the 267th successor of St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV’...
Elected on May 8, 2025, as the 267th successor of St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV’...
Saint Joseph always appears in Manger scenes during Advent and Easter time and e...
St. Pope Pius X on the psalms which play a central role in the continual sacrifice of praise which is the divine liturgy of the Church. Singing the ps...
Bernard of Clairvaux on the Solemnity of All Saints and how remembrance of the saints strengthen our hope for glory and rouse us to pursue holiness. ...
Jesus' call to enter through the narrow door seems to conflict with the idea that God wants all to be saved, that the universal, Catholic Church means...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]hrough his labors and his native endowments man has ceaselessly striven to better his life. Today, however, especially with the help of science and technology, he has extended his mastery over nearly the whole of nature and continues to do...
This excerpt from Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, paragraph 25, explains the authority of the Magisterium or Apostolic teaching authority of the Church and the way in which Catholics are bound to submit to that authority....
The Council of Trent Canons and Decrees The Sixth Session: Decree on Justification [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]elebrated on the thirteenth day of the month of January, 1547. DECREE ON JUSTIFICATION Proem. Whereas there is, at this time, not without the shipwreck of many souls, and grievous detriment to the unity...
Seeing God St. Theophilus of Antioch Bishop and Early Church Father This passage from St. Theophilus of Antioch's apology to Autolycus (Lib 1,2 7: PG 6, 1026-1035) deals with the qualities of soul necessary to be able to see God. It is used in the Roman Office for...
On Baptism Tertullian Early Church Father [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]HAPTER 1 Introduction. Origin of the treatise. Happy is our sacrament of water, in that, by washing away the sins of our early blindness, we are set free and admitted into eternal life! A treatise on this matter will...
Reformed Thinking Tim Staples [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Scenario: You’re meeting your new girlfriend’s entire Reformed Evangelical family for the first time. It’s Easter dinner at her parent’s house. You’ve met and talked to her parents and three brothers at various times, but never all at...
Mary Worshippers Need Not Apply Tim Staples The Scenario: Ever have one of those days when you’re feeling full of energy and vigor? I mean, you’re feeling just obnoxiously happy? Well, this is one of those days. Driving home from work, you switch on the radio to see what’s...
Catholic Boot Camp by: Tim Staples [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps]s soon as your eyes open in the morning: Make a morning offering. Get up and put your knees on the floor. A morning offering can be in your own words or a traditional prayer like...
Mary, Blessed are You Among Women! St. Sophronius Early Church Father St. Sophronius was bishop of Jerusalem in the early 7th century and preached this sermon (Oratio 2, in sactissimae Deparae annuntiatione, 21-22. 26: PG 87, 3, 3242, 3250) on the Blessed Virgin Mary on the occasion of...
The Theology of Kneeling From Cardinal Josef Ratzinger's book The Spirit of the Liturgy [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]here are groups, of no small influence, who are trying to talk us out of kneeling. "It doesn't suit our culture", they say (which culture?) "It's not right...