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No, Cardinal Roche, The Church’s Theology Has Not “Changed”

March 30, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on No, Cardinal Roche, The Church’s Theology Has Not “Changed”

By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK Cardinal Roche’s “holy war” against tradition, and the Traditional Mass, is perpetrated on the falsehood that Catholic theology — and the truth of Revelation which it imparts — can “change.”Roche was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 for programming which aired March 19, in which he continues his jihad by means of restrictions on the Traditional Mass. He is the source of a cascade of documents implemented under Pope Francis since July 2021 to limit and ultimately ban, the holiest tradition and divine revelation of the Holy Mass handed down from apostolic times. Traditionis custodes, the first shot fired in the modernist war on the Mass, was ignored by many bishops. These may have been the…Continue Reading

I Went, I Washed, And Now I See

March 29, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on I Went, I Washed, And Now I See

By MSGR. CHARLES POPE (Editor’s Note: Msgr. Charles Pope posted this article on March 18 and it is reprinted here with permission.) + + In today’s Gospel, Jesus, the Light of the World, brings light to a man born blind. If you are prepared to accept it, you are the man born blind, for all of us were born blind and in darkness. It was our Baptism and the faith it gave that rendered us able to see and to come gradually more fully into the light. The man in today’s Gospel shows forth the stages of the Christian walk, out of darkness and into the beautiful light of Christ. Let’s take a moment to ponder the stages of the…Continue Reading

Supreme Court Backs Parental Involvement On Abortion

March 28, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Supreme Court Backs Parental Involvement On Abortion

By STEVEN ERTELT WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeNews) — The Supreme Court issued a ruling on Monday, March 20 that essentially supported parental involvement laws on abortion. The case before the nation’s highest court involved a 17-year-old girl from Missouri who wanted to avoid the state’s parental consent law and have a secret abortion without her parents knowing. The state, which now bans abortions, had a parental consent law that only allowed not informing and receiving permission from parents for an abortion if a judge agreed to a bypass — which is typically meant for cases in which there is abuse at home.During the process of the teen’s judicial bypass application, Michelle Chapman, the clerk of the circuit court in Randolph County,…Continue Reading

Hosanna In The Highest

March 27, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Hosanna In The Highest

By FR. ROBERT ALTIER Palm Sunday (YR A) Readings: Matt. 21:1-11Isaiah 50:4-7Phil. 2:6-11Matt. 26:14-27:66 In the first Gospel reading we hear the people crying out “Hosanna” as Jesus is making His way down theMount of Olives and into Jerusalem. The word hosanna means “Please save.” It is a call for salvation.This call is also connected to Jesus being the son of David and the people’s begging for salvation from on high. So, this tells us that the people were seeing Jesus as the Messiah, the son of David; they were also seeing that He was sent from God because the salvation they were seeking was from on high.All this was happening because Jesus had just raised Lazarus from the dead…Continue Reading

Catholic Replies

March 24, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Catholic Replies

Editor’s Note: One of our readers is willing to donate to any person or institution the large theological library that belonged to her late husband. The collection includes a 20-volume series entitled Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. If anyone is interested, please contact us and we will put you in touch with the donor. Q. Since Ash Wednesday, I noticed that all the holy water has been removed from the church. There was no mention of this in the church bulletin. Is my pastor correct in removing holy water during Lent? — R.B., Wisconsin.A. We had thought that this fad had gone the way of other liturgical abuses, but apparently not. In any case, here is what the Vatican’s Congregation…Continue Reading

Unity Is Truth And Truth Unity

March 23, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Unity Is Truth And Truth Unity

By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK Throughout the year on Friday each week the Church commemorates the Passion of the Lord by means of abstention from the eating of flesh meat. The giving of His Flesh and Blood on the cross unto death for the salvation of the world is remembered thus by personal penance and self-denial. Not easy in a summer full of Friday barbecues. But all the more significant for that reason. Prayer, too, is recommended by means of meditation on the Stations of the Cross.During the holiest penitential season of the entire liturgical year, in Lent, the Church imposes Friday abstinence as a grave obligation. Hence if we knowingly break the law, we must confess it. Many parishes…Continue Reading

Just A Little Talk With Jesus Makes It Right

March 22, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Just A Little Talk With Jesus Makes It Right

By MSGR. CHARLES POPE (Editor’s Note: Msgr. Charles Pope posted this article on March 11 and it is reprinted here with permission.) + + As we examine the Gospel for the third weekend of Lent, we do well to understand that it is about human desires and how the Lord reaches us through them. Prior to examining the text in detail, let’s consider a few things:What it is that really makes you happy? We desire so many things: food, water, shelter, clothing, and creature comforts. We long for affection, peace, and a sense of belonging. Sometimes we want stability and simplicity, at others we yearn for change and variety. Our hearts are a sea of desires, wishes, and longings. Today’s…Continue Reading

The Glory Of The Son Of God

March 20, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on The Glory Of The Son Of God

By FR. ROBERT ALTIER Fifth Sunday Of Lent (YR A) Readings: Ezek. 37:12-14Romans 8:8-11John 11:1-45 In the first reading today, God promises us through the Prophet Ezekiel that He will open the graves of His people and have them rise from their graves. This is the promise of the Resurrection. This needs to be made clear because in the Gospel reading, we hear about the raising of Lazarus from the dead. Our Lord literally commanded that the tomb be opened, then called Lazarus to come out from the grave. This was not a resurrection of Lazarus; it was a resuscitation. Poor Lazarus, after having been dead and buried for four days, would have to die again!Nonetheless, this was an astounding…Continue Reading

Catholic Replies

March 17, 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 15) After some fifty years of exile in Babylon, under the rule of King Nebuchadnezzar, the more benevolent Persians ruled the world and King Cyrus of Persia (538-529) gave freedom to the Israelites to return to their homeland and to rebuild the Temple that Nebuchadnezzar had destroyed. Only two tribes, those of Judah and Benjamin, and 42,000 Israelites survived the exile; the other ten…Continue Reading

The Rampage Of The Lawless

March 16, 2023 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on The Rampage Of The Lawless

By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK One supposes that the truth becomes “safe” for liars once they control the levers of power and thus can take credit for finally disseminating it, or allowing it be to spread. The power of elected office or bureaucratic privilege is instrumentalized for its own perpetuation at whim through a manipulation of the facts. We are asked to believe that stupidity is as much to blame for the catastrophe of needless mortality as is obscurantism or any other possible motive.“It always irritates some people when I say this, but it’s just the truth: The people responsible for the last three years of economic destruction, psychological injury, and mass pharmaceutical experimentation are callous and evil, but they’re…Continue Reading