Christ Jesus bestowed upon the Apostle Simon Peter a particular ministry, that he and all those who would succeed him as the Vicar of Christ on Earth would carry out. This reflection concerns the Second Confession of Saint Peter. Attached to that confession is the duty for Simon Peter and his successors in the Peterine Ministry to be the servant, slave, and friend of all creatures of God.

Perhaps one of the most powerful sayings of Jesus in all of sacred Scripture was His last words to this woman – “Go, and from now on do not sin any more.” The call of today’s Sacrifice of the Mass is to believe that we can and ought to “Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”

From the only prayer He taught us, to the Sacraments of the Church He gave us, to His definitive act on the Cross for us; we know that our Lord passionately understands that temptation and sin will be a struggle for us in this life. In response to that knowledge of His what He did was empower us with all of the greatest resources we needed to live this life free from the consequences of sin.

Evil works off of this simple principle; that we all want to do good, but because we fail to always know the source of good, we sometimes end up doing evil and believing it was good, and we also sometimes end up using what was intended to used for good – for evil.

The ridiculous things these people do and say almost compels you to laugh and then beat yourself with a iron skillet just so that you can make sure you’re not dreaming, or that you’re not in the twilight zone or the matrix.

Going on my third year of being a Catholic single I thought I might pass along to other daters what is Non-Negotiable for Catholics when considering a mixed marriage. These are questions that you need to ask within the first 40 days of dating.

For some strange reason Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) groups are all up in arms about comments made by Cardinal Francis George of the Archdiocese of Chicago during an interview with the local Fox affiliate in which he stated: “You don’t want the gay [...]

On October 28, 2011, Daniel Avila, an attorney who served as a policy advisory for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishop’s (USSCB) Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, published the article below, which linked Satan with the origins of same-sex attraction. On [...]

In states in the U.S. that have adopted laws allowing people of the same gender to marry have, in turn, also allowed those same sex couples to adopt children into their family. And in many, and soon to be all, of those same states Catholic [...]

Christ Jesus bestowed upon the Apostle Simon Peter a particular ministry, that he and all those who would succeed him as the Vicar of Christ on Earth would carry out. This reflection concerns the Second Confession of Saint Peter. Attached to that confession is the duty for Simon Peter and his successors in the Peterine Ministry to be guided by the truth of God the Father, to obey the commands of God the Son, and to listen for and to act upon the promptings of the Holy Spirit.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today’s first reading at Mass comes from Isaiah (55:1-3): Thus says the LORD: All you who are thirsty,come to the water! You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat; Come, without paying and without cost, drink wine and milk! Why spend your [...]

Christifidelis & the Secret Gay Cabals in Miami Yesterday (Thursday, July 28th, 2011) a number of internet news outlets in Miami, Florida leaked a 2010 dossier, entitled Miami Vice: A Preliminary Report on the Financial, Spiritual, and Social Improprieties of the Clergy of the Miami [...]

In the wake of the controversy that surrounded St. Cecilia Catholic Church deciding to host a Mass in commemoration of Boston Pride 2011, an annual month long pageantry and celebration of all that is lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley wrote a [...]