“THERE IS NO HEALTH IN MY BODY BECAUSE OF MY SIN.” DAVID, PSALMS 37.           

                                                              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 …

An Open Letter to the Clergy Who think, May We Not Hope All Souls Go To Heaven?

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 …

ON CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE – ST. JOHN VIANNEY

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 …

MY LITTLE BOY!

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.                     …

QUAMQUAM PLURIES. ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON DEVOTION TO ST. JOSEPH

O guard and protect me, St. Joseph each day, As onward I journey to heaven I pray. I ask when I’m dying that thou wilt be there, To cheer by thy presence, to aid by thy prayer. Now hear me St. Joseph, I count upon thee, To grant my petitions, whatever they be. Amen. QUAMQUAM …

DEGREES OF SIN – THE WEIGHTIER THINGS OF THE LAW

     Many years ago I heard an apostate Catholic trying to tell a faithful Catholic that one sin was just as bad as another, and the faithful Catholic told him, “But, there are degrees of sin!” The apostate thought he knew better than the Catholic gentleman and would not accept the truth. However, in this short …

“Glorious Things Are Said of Thee, O City of God” Psalms 86:3

Who is this City of God? The saints tell us it is the Blessed Virgin Mary, because Jesus our Lord and Saviour dwelt within her. Let us now hear a few words from St. Alphonsus de Liguori from THE GLORIES OF MARY. “Mary obtain eternal blessedness.* Thou, oh great mother, art the beginning, the middle, …