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“In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin.” Ecclus. 7:40. In the spiritual life the Church distinguishes between two kinds of sin, mortal and venial. Mortal is deadly and kills the life of the soul, as a mortal wound to the body kills the man. Venial is not a deadly …
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MESSAGEFROM OUR LADY TO ENZO ALOCCI – STIGMATIST Before I begin, I would like to inform our readers that Enzo Alocci was a stigmatist, who also had a statue of Our Lady Queen of the World which wept tears of real blood. You can still find him online, and you can view the statue with …
AM I DRESSED PROPERLY FOR CHURCH? Am I dressed properly for the House of God? Or am I dressed like I just came in from a picnic or volleyball game? Do I realize that I am entering holy ground and that the House of God is a sacred place? Am I dressed properly to …
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“Is it permitted for Catholics to be present at, or to take part in, conventions, gatherings, meetings, or societies on non-Catholics which aim to associate together under a single agreement everyone who, in any way, lays claim to the name of Christian? In the negative!…It is clear, therefore, why this Apostolic See has never allowed …
Continue reading “Ecumenism: “What Part Hath The Believer With The Unbeliever.” 2 Cor. 6:15.”
WHY DO YOU CATHOLICS PRAY TO MARY? “Why do you Catholics pray to Mary? The Bible says Jesus is the one mediator between God and man.” First off, that’s a very good question. “For there is one God, and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus: Who gave himself a redemption …
We oftentimes wonder why bad things are happening to us, or why we have accidents or sickness comes upon us. Sometimes we never realize it’s because of our sins. Some people will say, “That’s not always the case,” and that is true. However, very often it is true. The Holy Scriptures are filled …
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Dear Father X, Peace be with you. I was at your Mass the other day where you quoted Pope Francis saying, “May we not hope all souls are saved?’’ or words to that effect. I believe you are a good priest and your sermons are generally quite good. However, I took exception to what …
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ON CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE AS RELATED IN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ST. JOHN VIANNEY Both in the pulpit and in the confessional he had never ceased from proclaiming the strictness and the sweetness of ther laws of Christian marriage. He had been heard and understood. God’s blessing rested upon the homesteads of the village. To use the …
A CAREFUL FATHER I WANT TO BE! Like St. Joseph! A careful father I want to be, My little boys they follow me. I do not dare to go astray, For fear they’ll go the self-same way. I cannot once escape their eyes; Whatever they see me do, they try. …
O Mother of Perpetual Help, please intercede for us with your Divine Son Jesus, for you are his Immaculate Mother, and he can refuse you nothing. It is said that St. Luke the Evangelist painted this image of our Blessed Mother. The image has many meanings attached to it, but I will only mention one. …