75 Pentecost 15th Sunday

2019-10-03T06:42:39-04:00

The Ember Days consecrate new seasons by prayer, penance, abstinence and fasting. They remind us that no one gets to Heaven without prayer and penance. Catholicism - and really this life on earth - is about climbing Cavalry and being crucified with Christ! Realize the road to Heaven is not for the light-hearted, while the path to hell is easy and broad. Thus, we won't survive the current 'crisis from hell' without being committed to Christ and His Way. Yet we are heartened knowing Christ came for us sinners. He never forces us but He never rejects the contrite sinner who [...]

Morality Must be Object Based

svfonline2019-10-03T06:31:51-04:00

Today, many lack a solid understanding of morality; so they make man the final judge of what is right and wrong. Man needs objectivity when it comes to morality (a guide outside of himself). Man can know Natural Law, though he may not "re-write" it, as it is built into creation. Morality applies to a human act, which has three components: object, intention, circumstances. If one of these is evil it corrupts the whole; the entire act is immoral. Thus, a good object can be made evil by bad intention or wrong circumstances, whereas an intrinsically evil object can't be made good by good intentions or [...]

75 Pentecost 15th Sunday

God Never Rejects the Contrite Sinner

Morality Must be Object Based