Indifferentism

We are living in an age of indifferentism, in an era of cynicism toward God and religion.

In the book of Revelation or the Apocalypse, the author, St. John the Evangelist is commanded by God to write letters to the seven churches in Asia Minor. To the church in Laodicea he says: “I know thy works. Thou art neither cold nor hot. I would that thou were cold or hot, but because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth.”

Third Sunday of Easter

Today is the third Sunday of Easter. The Lord is risen and the scriptures speak of the work to be done and that work is evangelization. The bringing of the Word of truth, which is Christ, to mankind, the apostles the first evangelists were fishermen. When Jesus first saw Peter and his brother Andrew as well as the two sons of Zebedee, James and John, they were fishing and the Lord said to them, “Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” The Gospel says, “ they left everything and followed Him.”

The "spirit of Vatican II" is a ghost that must be exorcised

     From the Ignatius Press Blog dated October 16, 2009 is an interview with His Excellency R. Walter Nickless of Sioux City, Iowa on the above topic. A topic that is identical with the purpose of this blog. Bishop Nickless states, "It is crucial that we  all grasp that the hermeneutic or interpretation of discontinuity or rupture, which many think is the settled and even official position, is not the true meaning of the Council. This interpretation sees the pre-conciliar and post-conciliar almost as two different churches. It sees the Second Vatican Council as a radical break with the past. There can be no split, however, between the Church and her faith before and after the Council. We must stop speaking of the "Pre-Vatican II" and post-Vatican II Church, and stop seeing various characteristics of the Church as "pre" and "post" Vatican II. Instead, we must evaluate them according to their intrinsic value and pastoral effectiveness in this day and age.

Faith, Love and Christ the Anointed

Today is the 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time. The beginning of the penitential season of Lent, Ash Wednesday is three and a half weeks away.

Father Paul Marx: Founder of Human Life International has died

    

     Father Paul Marx, the founder of Human Life International has died at the age of ninety.  He began his pro-life apostolate in 1972 at the time that the culture of death was gaining force. Wherever he went in the world his message always included this thought .      In every country, without fail,where there is widespread contraception there is widespread abortion". That is the message of this blog also. " Respect life in all areas". There are other articles in our archives that speak about this problem, a matter that is not heeded. Contraception is the fundamental reason  for abortion and for the weakening of the family.

Easter Sunday 2010

     Today is the solemnity of the Resurrection of the Lord, "He is risen he is not here', said the figure in white to Mary Magdalene as she entered the empty tomb." In the first reading from the acts of the Apostles it is Peter who gives us an account of the things that preceeded this day. In the second reading it is St. Paul who speaks to us. "Brothers and sisters, if then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth, for you have died , and your life is hidden with Christ, in God, when Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory".

Easter Vigil

We gather together as members of Christ’s Mystical Body to acknowledge and celebrate our Lord’s resurrection from the dead. This miracle directly involves each one of us. In this liturgy we confront the loving God’s plan in the following teachings of the Catholic Church. First in the incarnation that the word became flesh and dwelt among us. God Himself became man. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary. He was like us in all things except that He was without sin. He is a Divine Person. His humanity is and will be part of His Divine Identity for all eternity. When Jesus ascended into heaven to the right hand of His Father forty days after today the disciples were with Him. We read in Acts