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Amid Constitutional Reform . . . Order Of Malta Opts To Elect A Lieutenant Of The Grand Master

November 18, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Amid Constitutional Reform . . . Order Of Malta Opts To Elect A Lieutenant Of The Grand Master

By COURTNEY MARES ROME (CNA) — The Order of Malta elected Fra’ Marco Luzzago as the lieutenant of the Grand Master on November 8 to serve a one-year term amid the order’s constitutional reform.Luzzago will lead the nearly 1,000-year-old institution until another election will take place next year to select the order’s Grand Master, a position that is traditionally held for life.Founded in Jerusalem in the year 1048, the Sovereign Order of Malta today operates mainly in the field of medical and humanitarian assistance as a primary body of international law and a lay Catholic religious order.The Order of Malta’s elective body, the Council Complete of State, met in Rome at the Magistral Villa on the Aventine Hill November 7-8.…Continue Reading

He Will Tend His Flock

November 17, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on He Will Tend His Flock

By FR. ROBERT ALTIER Solemnity Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King Of The Universe Readings: Ezek. 34:11-12, 15-171 Cor. 15:20-26, 28Matt. 25:31-46 In the first reading today the Lord tells us two things: He is the Shepherd who will tend His sheep who are scattered and He will judge between one sheep and another, the rams, and the goats. I think it is important to note that the flock is scattered. The fact that the Lord God put this description in the Scriptures tells us that this would be a problem throughout history. We are supposed to be united in truth and in charity, so if we are scattered, it would suggest that one or both of these unifying factors…Continue Reading

We Cannot Fix Godlessness

November 16, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on We Cannot Fix Godlessness

By FR. JAMES ALTMAN In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.Dear family, in view of Veterans Day, let us pray to honor veterans of all services and wars in thanksgiving for all their sacrifices made. For one cannot even enter into training for war without sacrificing a portion of one’s own freedom and without sacrificing irreplaceable time with family and friends, and those are spiritual wounds indeed.And all those who enter into war itself are wounded in one way or another. So many wounded in body. So many wounded in spirit.Thanks be to God, when dark forces rise, men, and now women, of generations past and present, have come forward to…Continue Reading

Catholic Replies

November 13, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Catholic Replies

Q. I am angry with Pope Francis for giving approval to “civil unions.” I know that he was not speaking authoritatively, or infallibly, as Pope, but most people can’t make that distinction. They see the headlines and think that the Church has changed her position on homosexual unions. I am angry because his statement will encourage those with homosexual leanings to pursue that lifestyle. Why would God allow him to do this? — T.M.D., Massachusetts.Q. Some say that Pope Francis has apparently condoned “civil unions” in a current documentary, but my pastor has made a statement indicating that the Spanish phrase in the original language could also be translated “civil cohabitation,” which would give a different meaning to the Pope’s…Continue Reading

A Leaven In The World… We Fight On

November 12, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on A Leaven In The World… We Fight On

By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK Well, the Church has had its Neros and now it looks as though we might have a new “Julian the Apostate.”Initial counts of the 2020 election vote are indicating that Trump is likely to go down in defeat under and in competition against someone I simply can’t imagine people voting for because of his incompetence. Biden’s advancing senility means we may soon have the anti-Catholic Kamala Harris for president. What’s worse, much worse than her hatred for our faith and those who profess it, however, is her rabid pro-abortionism.For those of us who believe, Biden’s apostasy while masquerading as a “practicing Catholic” is grave in consequence because it is a true scandal.Biden’s faux Catholic posturing…Continue Reading

Meditation On All Saints

November 11, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Meditation On All Saints

By FR. JAMES ALTMAN In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.Dear family, not every day is a day to bemoan the sinners in the swamp. Today we get celebrate the saints. All Saints — those saints who were the exemplars of the Deposit of Faith — also known as the unchanged and unchangeable Truth — for which all suffered in this life — for which each and every one suffered martyrdom, red or white.All saints are those who — right now — rejoice amidst the Wedding Feast of the Lamb as St. John the beloved Apostle saw: “They all prostrate themselves before the Throne singing out Amen, Blessing and glory, wisdom…Continue Reading

Meditation On All Saints

November 9, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Meditation On All Saints

By FR. JAMES ALTMAN In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.Dear family, not every day is a day to bemoan the sinners in the swamp. Today we get celebrate the saints. All Saints — those saints who were the exemplars of the Deposit of Faith — also known as the unchanged and unchangeable Truth — for which all suffered in this life — for which each and every one suffered martyrdom, red or white.All saints are those who — right now — rejoice amidst the Wedding Feast of the Lamb as St. John the beloved Apostle saw: “They all prostrate themselves before the Throne singing out Amen, Blessing and glory, wisdom…Continue Reading

Catholic Replies

November 6, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Catholic Replies

Q. Can the reasonableness of bilocation be explained using scholastic philosophic terms? — R.M.V., North Carolina.A. Bilocation is a special gift of God that allows a person to appear in two places distant from each other at the same time. Catholic philosophers have explained this phenomenon with terms like “phantasmal replications” and “aerial materializations,” but whatever the explanation, it’s simpler to recount the experiences of many saints who were reported to have this gift.For example, St. Alphonsus Liguori (d. 1787), after saying Mass one morning, reclined in his room for a day and night. When he finally came out of his room, he said that he had been in Rome assisting Pope Clement XIV on his deathbed.St. Joseph of Cupertino…Continue Reading

A Leaven In The World… Life Is Beautiful With Final Judgment In View

November 5, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on A Leaven In The World… Life Is Beautiful With Final Judgment In View

By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK The prospect of final judgment brings negative impressions, images, or emotions to mind for many. Sometimes it also does so for some who claim our Catholic faith. As a step along the way to spiritual maturity, we must often be purged of our childish or worldly impressions. With an authentic and deeper faith, the prospect of meeting God, the ultimate arbiter of good and evil, at the end of our lives is something not only to look forward to, but which is helpful in daily life.Acknowledgment of the fact of final judgment comes to the fore each November when we turn from the first day of the month, celebrating all the saints in glory, to…Continue Reading

Feast Of Saints Simon And Jude . . . The Book Of Jude Speaks To Our Degraded Culture

November 4, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Feast Of Saints Simon And Jude . . . The Book Of Jude Speaks To Our Degraded Culture

By FR. JAMES ALTMAN (Editor’s Note: Due to the press of other business, Bishop Joseph Strickland is unable to submit a weekly column to The Wanderer. We look forward to his writing for us on occasion, and we thank him for his many outstanding essays. Below we are featuring an article by Fr. James Altman of La Crosse, Wis., that focuses on the Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, October 28. Readers may recall that Fr. Altman was recently in the news because of his forthright homily on how Catholics can put themselves in the state of mortal sin by voting Democratic.) + + In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.Today…Continue Reading