Catholic Truth on Death Penalty
wpengine2025-10-21T11:14:18-04:00St. Peter Claver frequently aided those who were condemned to death by the state. Today many are claiming that 'Church doctrine' on this matter can change. This is false. It is a settled point of doctrine taught in Sacred Scripture, Tradition, and Church Magisterium. Such teaching can never change or be contradicted. Let us examine some of the reasons behind the modernist error being promoted today and dispel them with the truth of Jesus Christ.
Say the word and Receive the Word
wpengine2024-12-21T11:02:20-05:00The four advent candles represent four millennia and stand for the patriarchs, the prophets, the Precursor, and Our Lady. They also represent the 77 generations between Adam and Christ. At the Annunciation, Gabriel approaches Mary as her inferior subject. In this passage we see the truths of her sinlessness, her perpetual virginity, her divine motherhood, and her perfect mediation. The world alone was unworthy to receive the Savior directly. Yet Our Lady surpasses all the grace of the angels and saints together. Mary alone merited the Son of God becoming man by the power of her prayer and perfection of her [...]
Virginity a Precious Christmas Gift
wpengine2025-01-01T21:42:36-05:00The prophecy of Isaias 66:7 makes sense in light of the prophecy in 7:14: A virgin will concieve [without the agency of man] and give birth to a son [while retaining her virginity]. This is a deep miraculous sign and history will never see its equal. Mary's perpetual and physical virginity - before, during and after the Birth - is infallibly defined. One who does not believe it is anathematized. Error abounds when this truth is denied or doubted. The value of virginity has been lost in our world. Yet God created the world virginally. Virginity is noble and precious. It [...]
Christian Remember Your Dignity
wpengine2025-01-02T08:21:47-05:00Christmas is such a wondrous feast that it demands great celebration. God became man that we might share in His divine nature; that man might be like God! St. Francis originated the tradition of the nativity scene so all would see the love, humility, and poverty of our good God. Yet so many live this blessed season in undignified manners, as if they were no more than material beasts. Today, the war on Christmas is even openly demonic. Oppose this blasphemy, remember your Christian dignity, and act in a godly way.
Heresy of Apollinarianism and the Tilma
wpengine2024-12-20T12:26:04-05:00We have reason to rejoice in our Holy Mother: The Church and Our Lady. Mary is the perfect type of the Church. The miraculous tilma of Guadalupe points to numerous truths about the Church: She is divine, she is alive, Jesus lives in her, she is indestructible, she is sweet even as she corrects and reproves. We also recently celebrated Pope St. Damasus (+384), who battled an anti-pope, upheld the Sacred Scriptures, and condemned heresy. He defended the Person of Christ and His two natures. These truths dispel today's popular errors that animals may be resurrected, redeemed or have eternal souls.
State of Grace
wpengine2024-12-05T17:38:14-05:00On 30 July 1945 the US Navy suffered its worse single loss of life in the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. Only 316 of the 1195 crew members survived, due in part to the efforts of Fr. Thomas Conway and Captain Edward Park. These two represent zealous priests and parents who seek to protect the youth who want to imbibe the [apparently] appealing lustful, corrosive, and deceptive waters of the world. A soul in the state of grace is more beautiful than anything we can imagine. Come what may, keep your eternal life preserver on!
Eating Fire From Above
wpengine2025-06-19T12:07:15-04:00Fire from below is delightful to the senses and fires up the imagination. It is fueled by the mass media and rarely conforms with God’s right order. But fire from above fills the heart and mind with light, grace, life, and the desire to fulfill the will of God. We receive this fire from above through Christ: His Sacrifice, His Body. St. Peter of Verona and St. Anthony Mary Claret are wonderful examples of what this fire from above accomplishes.