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April 14, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Catholic Replies

Editor’s Note: This series on the Bible is from the book Catholicism & Scripture. Please feel free to use the series for high schoolers or adults. We will continue to welcome your questions for the column as well. Send your questions to the postal address or the email address found at the end of this column. Special Course On Catholicism And Scripture (Chapter 17) One day Jesus conducted an opinion poll among the Apostles. He asked them, “Who do you say that I am?” Some of the Apostles suggested one of the Old Testament prophets, like Elijah or Jeremiah, but Simon Peter replied, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the Living God” (Matt. 16:15-16).How would you answer that question?…Continue Reading

Evangelizing DC In The Cassock

April 13, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Evangelizing DC In The Cassock

By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK Spreading the faith and saving souls is the goal of the Church and the work of the priesthood. But how to open doors? What are the means of opening a dialogue with souls? The general public must be able to see the priest in order to approach him and ask for spiritual help.For the work of the priest there are signs of the priesthood. One of these is his garb. Many priests wear a business suit with a black shirt and white plastic insert in the flat stand-up collar. This practical garb serves to get the problem out of the way as to donning “recognizable” clerical wear.So, the priest is recognizable. But as a Catholic?…Continue Reading

See What The End Shall Be

April 12, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on See What The End Shall Be

By MSGR. CHARLES POPE (Editor’s Note: Msgr. Charles Pope posted this article on April 1 and it is reprinted here with permission.) + + The Passion, which we read in the liturgy for Palm Sunday, is too long to comment on in detail, so we will only examine a portion of it here.It may be of some value to examine the problems associated with the more moderate range of personalities involved. The usual villains (the Temple leaders, Judas, and the recruited crowd shouting, “Crucify him!”) are unambiguously wicked and display their sinfulness openly. But there are others involved whose struggles and neglectfulness are more subtle, yet no less real. It is in examining these figures that we can learn a…Continue Reading

Exorcist Warns . . . Board Game Marketed As Christian Is Actually Demonic

April 11, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Exorcist Warns . . . Board Game Marketed As Christian Is Actually Demonic

By PETER PINEDO WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNA) — Catholic exorcist Fr. Ernesto Caro is warning that what is being marketed on Amazon as a Christian “Holy Spirit” board game is “not a game” at all but instead “a trap from the Devil.”On a March 28 segment of EWTN News Nightly, Caro, an exorcist in the Diocese of Monterey, Mexico, said that “the Devil is always looking for different ways that he can trap all the victims that he can take for him, and this is one.”The board game’s packaging claims it allows people to “communicate directly with Jesus Christ” and its online advertising says it’s “perfect for churches, prayer groups, or just getting together with friends.”The game’s layout is very similar…Continue Reading

Persevere Through Difficulties

April 10, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Persevere Through Difficulties

By FR. ROBERT ALTIER Second Sunday Of Easter (Divine Mercy) (YR A) Readings: Acts 2:42-471 Peter 1:3-9John 20:19-31 In the second reading today, St. Peter talks about the faith we have been given which safeguards the inheritance we have been promised by the Lord. We have this inheritance because we are members of Jesus Christ. Of course, Jesus is the Christ because of His death and Resurrection and, as St. Peter says, we have this new birth through the Resurrection. In the next verse, St. Peter speaks of the trials we will endure to demonstrate the genuineness of our faith.Why do we need to endure trials? Remember Jesus’ parable of the sower who sowed his seed on four types of…Continue Reading

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April 7, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Catholic Replies

Editor’s Note: Following up on a recent question about how to find out about really Catholic colleges and high schools, we call your attention to the Cardinal Newman Society, which is expanding its evaluation program from colleges to K-12 schools, homeschools, and graduate schools. You can get more information by visiting https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/. You may also write to the Society at P.O. Box 1879, Merrifield, VA 22116 or call them at 703-367-0333. Q. A passage in Sirach is very troublesome, and I would appreciate your comments. We are told to mourn the dead (38:16-18), but then we read: “Turn not your thoughts to him [the deceased] again; cease to recall him; think of the end. Recall him not, for there is…Continue Reading

The World Understands The Cross When Synods Don’t

April 6, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on The World Understands The Cross When Synods Don’t

By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK Marine Corps generals understand more about Jesus, sacrifice, and the Cross than some priests and bishops. It was a generally acknowledged fact, and confirmed by my experience serving across several Marine Corps commands, that generals, and other officers at lower levels, would request priests when the subject of chaplains came up. As confirmed by their experience coming up as officers through the ranks, priests could be packed up and ready to go without any strings attached, such as family crises, when it came time to shove off for deployments or field exercises. Because priests were married to the Church only, they could be prepared at a moment’s notice to be ready to move out, a…Continue Reading

What Does Scripture Mean By “The Flesh”?

April 5, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on What Does Scripture Mean By “The Flesh”?

By MSGR. CHARLES POPE                 (Editor’s Note: Msgr. Charles Pope posted this article on March 27 and it is reprinted here with permission.) + + + There are many references to “the flesh” in the New Testament, especially in the letters of St. Paul. The phrase is confusing to those who think it synonymous with the physical body. While Scripture many times uses the word “flesh” to refer to the physical body, when it is preceded by the definite article, it usually means something more. Only rarely does the biblical phrase “the flesh” refer only to the physical body (e.g., John 6:53, Phil. 3:2, 1 John 4:2). What, then, is meant by the term “the flesh”? Most plainly, it refers…Continue Reading

A Beacon Of Light… Jesus Suffers And Dies For Our Salvation

April 4, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on A Beacon Of Light… Jesus Suffers And Dies For Our Salvation

By FR. RICHARD D. BRETON Jr.                 (Editor’s Note: Fr. Richard D. Breton Jr. is a priest of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn.) + + + Gazing upon the cross, and having participated in the dialogue of love between Jesus and the Father, we have arrived at the moment redemption is secured and humanity is released from the bonds of darkness and death. What was seen by many as a spectacle of crucifixion has been transformed into a phenomenon of “Divine Love.” At the end of Jesus’ life, as He was hanging on the cross, the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle. Then “Jesus called out with a loud voice, ‘Father, into…Continue Reading

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March 31, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Catholic Replies

Editor’s Note: This series on the Bible is from the book Catholicism & Scripture. Please feel free to use the series for high schoolers or adults. We will continue to welcome your questions for the column as well. Please see the contact information at the end of the column. Special Course On Catholicism And Scripture (Chapter 16) Having already mentioned in chapter ten some of the good people in the Bible, let us now single out some of the wicked characters. They are not the only villains in Scripture, but they have played a major role in salvation history.Start with the rebellious angel known as Satan or the Devil, who is at the root of all the villainy in human…Continue Reading