The simplicity of forgiveness On this day when many in the world are weeping at the news of yet another senseless tragedy, the Church gives us a very simple – but often troubling – Gospel from Matthew about the need to forgive the sins of others. “Jesus said to his disciples:“You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one......
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By Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Jun 12, 2016 / 04:52 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Nigeria is a ticking time bomb, with violence and discrimination threatening to tear the country apart and spread its existing refugee crisis throughout the region, a new report claims.“Nigeria is a country on the verge of fracturing along religious fault lines,” stated a report “Nigeria: Fractured and Forgotten” released by the 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative June 8.“What is unfolding in Northern and Central Nigeria is one of the worst, most neglected humanitarian crises in the world,” Elijah Brown, executive vice......
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Disarming the world By Tony Magliano In the Garden of Gethsemane, as Jesus was prayerfully agonizing over his impending violent death, a large crowd with swords and clubs sent by the chief priests moved in to arrest him. Seeing this, one of Jesus’ disciples “put his hand to his sword, drew it, and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his ear. Then Jesus said to him, ‘Put your sword back into its sheath, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.’” Tragically, throughout the centuries much of humanity......
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Jesus entered this world to forgive sins. Recall the words of our Lord: “God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him may not die but may have eternal life” (John 3:16). During His public ministry, Jesus preached about the forgiveness of sins: remember the parables of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11ff) or the Lost Sheep (Luke 15:1ff), and His teaching that “there will likewise be more joy in heaven over one repentant sinner than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent” (Luke......
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This is an excerpt from the book “Love and Fidelity in the Family” by GabrielMary Alimba This section is concerned with what a person should know or attitudes he is to cultivate before getting into marriage. It presupposes an appreciation of the seriousness of marriage. Really it is not my intention to make marriage look too difficult, the points here are only put forward for consideration, so they may be more or less important than this section says. Some of them are treated below: A PROPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHRISTIAN MEANING OF MARRIAGE......
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The month of June is traditionally dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Catholic Church. On the Friday after the Feast of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ we even celebrate a Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Church, as mother and teacher, invites the faithful to spend the whole month reflecting on what it means to live our lives in such a way that we reveal the Loving Heart of a Merciful God to the whole world. The Catholic......
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Catholic Faith, Roman Catholic Church, Staying Catholic An Insight By: Michelle Arnold In the year since Pope Francis’s election, I have watched with mounting concern as conservative Catholics have become increasingly agitated over the Pope’s simpler papal style, his seeming lack of concern for precision in speaking and writing, the contrast between him and the Pope Emeritus, and his critique of ideologies that they hold dear. In response, I have written a number of blog posts that were intended, in part, to reassure, challenge, and exhort conservative Catholics to be not afraid. And yet......
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The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the visit of Mary with Elizabeth as recorded in the Gospel of Luke (Lk 1:39-56). It is also the name of a Christian feast day commemorating this visit, celebrated on May 31 in the West (July 2 in calendars of the 1263-1969 period and in the modern regional calendar of Germany) and March 30 in the East. Mary visits her relative Elizabeth; they are both pregnant. Mary is pregnant with Jesus and Elizabeth is pregnant with John the Baptist. Mary left Nazareth immediately after the......
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Allesandre Reyes Cardenas, 35, is currently serving time in Michigan for second-degree murder. Allesandre, known as “Pooh” in prison, came from what many of us would consider a typical background for a criminal. Pooh and his five siblings were latch-key kids, reared by a single mother who did not practice her Catholic faith. She at least managed to have Pooh baptized, but that is where Catholicism ended for him. “For me, being Catholic meant hanging up a picture of Jesus and doing whatever you want,” explains Pooh. Growing up in southwest Detroit was......
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A Simple Guide to the Catholic Faith – A must Read! Contents: Introduction Jesus Christ The Holy Trinity and The Holy Spirit The Church Prayer Mary The Sacrament of Baptism and Confirmation The Sacrament of Marriage The Sacrament of Holy Orders Sin and Morality The Sacrament of Reconciliation The Sacrament of the Eucharist (The Heart of the Mass) The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick The Conclusion: To Live the Mystery Introduction Faith is a word that is used to describe a person’s unshakeable belief in something without the need of proof. In......
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