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.
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 [...]