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The Yoke Of Jesus Is Love

June 30, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on The Yoke Of Jesus Is Love

By FR. ROBERT ALTIER Fourteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time (YR A) Readings:Zech. 9:9-10Romans 8:9, 11-13Matt. 11:25-30 In the Gospel reading our Lord invites those who labor and are burdened to come to Him for rest.Given this statement, what follows seems to make no sense. Jesus tells us to take His yoke upon us and learn from Him because He is meek and humble of heart. If we are burdened, how is it that taking His yoke upon us will give us rest? Beyond that, what difference does it make that He is meek and humble of heart? Does it really make us feel better that His yoke is easy and His burden light?First, our Lord tells us to take His…Continue Reading

Bishop Strickland . . . Solidarity, Subsidiarity, And Economic Concerns

June 29, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Bishop Strickland . . . Solidarity, Subsidiarity, And Economic Concerns

By MOST REV. JOSEPH STRICKLAND Part 3 In one of the Missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul to the Greek city of Ephesus, recorded in the nineteenth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, he encountered some of the Disciples of John the Baptizer (see Acts 19:1-10). He asked them: “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” They answered him, “We have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” The Apostle Paul catechized them and laid his hands upon them, so they encountered the living presence of the Holy Spirit.That passage comes to my mind as I try to assist Catholics (and other Christians) in informing their consciences in accordance with authentic Catholic Social Teaching.…Continue Reading

Catholic Replies

June 26, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Catholic Replies

Editor’s Note: A churchgoer wrote a letter to the local newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. “I’ve gone for 30 years now,” he wrote, “and in that time I have heard something like 2,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can’t remember a single one of them. So I think I’m wasting my time, and the preachers are wasting theirs, by giving sermons at all.” There were many letters responding to this one, but this was the best one:“I’ve been married for 30 years now. In that time, my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single…Continue Reading

Like a New Columbus . . . The Church Must Replant The Faith

June 24, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Like a New Columbus . . . The Church Must Replant The Faith

By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK Our annual Corpus Christi procession has grown in size and grandeur in the ten years since I resurrected it. Now akin to a spiritual army in battle array, with banners flying, priest and faithful advance triumphant and victorious upon the field of engagement against an unbelieving world. This is a far cry from its dried and neglected roots after years of desuetude. Processions, and anything beyond the mere Sunday obligation to attend Mass only, had been forgotten or relegated to the increasing number of “options” that seemed to promise a new and exhilarating freedom from obligations generally after the malaise that came with the advent of the “new and improved” Church of Vatican II. The…Continue Reading

Be Confident In The Power Of Prayer

June 23, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Be Confident In The Power Of Prayer

By FR. ROBERT ALTIER Thirteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time (YR A) Readings: 2 Kings 4:11, 14-16a Romans 6:3-4, 8-11 Matt. 10:37-42 In the Gospel reading today our Lord tells us that “anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet, will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.” In the first reading we hear about a woman who received the Prophet Elisha, knowing him to be a holy man of God. The charity she demonstrated in offering Elisha dinner then, after some time, deciding to make a room for him so he could stay there any time he was passing by that way, was…Continue Reading

Catholic Replies

June 19, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Catholic Replies

Editor’s Note: We are in the process of reducing our supply of books and are offering them to interested readers at a substantial discount. The books available, all in mint condition, are Catholic Replies and Catholic Replies 2 (both $17.95), All Generations Will Call Me Blessed and Who Do You Say That I Am? (both $10.95), and Catholicism & Reason (Apologetics), Catholicism & Scripture (Salvation History), and Catholicism & Life (Commandments and Sacraments), each $14.95. The books can be had for 50 percent off for 1 to 25 books, 60 percent off for 26 to 50 books, and 70 percent off for over 50 books. You can learn more about each of these books by visiting www.crpublications.com. Don’t order from…Continue Reading

A Leaven In The World… Sin Is Personal Before It Is Social Or “Systemic”

June 17, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on A Leaven In The World… Sin Is Personal Before It Is Social Or “Systemic”

By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK One would have to be blind or dishonest to deny that George Floyd was murdered by Derek Chauvin. Reaction against the outrage was nearly as universal as it was immediate. Others are writing very well about the hijacking of this tragic death by Marxist and anarchist revolutionaries to overthrow the hated American system. ”The Issue Is Never the Issue — The Real Issue Is the Revolution” in the June 8, 2020 issue of TFP by James R. Bascom is a good example. The riots which overwhelmed the many peaceful protesters we now know were opportunistic invasions by revolutionary and terrorist factions such as BLM and antifa. Police abuse of power does happen as in the case of George…Continue Reading

A Time Of Testing

June 16, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on A Time Of Testing

By FR. ROBERT ALTIER Twelfth Sunday In Ordinary Time (YR A) Readings: Jer. 20:10-33 Romans 5:12-15 Matt. 10:26-33 In the Gospel reading today, our Lord tells us, “Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known.” In its fullness, this passage refers to the General Judgment that will come at the end of the world. At that time, every person, in Heaven or in Hell, will be gathered together and God will reveal every sin committed in the history of the world. This is not something to fear. Keep in mind that each person will have already experienced his own individual or particular judgment, so nothing will change for anyone regarding his eternal destiny.…Continue Reading

Bishop Strickland . . . Rescuing And Re-Presenting Catholic Social Doctrine

June 15, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Bishop Strickland . . . Rescuing And Re-Presenting Catholic Social Doctrine

By MOST REV. JOSEPH STRICKLAND Part 1 In the aftermath of the tragic and unjust killing of George Floyd, many are using the phrase “social justice.” But what they mean when they use that pregnant phrase may, and often does, vary substantially. Any genuine discussion of authentic social justice, as well as authentic human and civil rights, should consider the great treasury of Catholic Moral Teaching referred to as the Social Teaching of the Catholic Church. Sadly, there are many misusing Catholic Social Teaching to promote political agendas which are at odds with the truths it presents and proposes. I am convinced that the treasury of insights and principles found within Catholic Social Teaching can indeed help to rescue a Western…Continue Reading

Catholic Replies

June 12, 2020 Our Catholic Faith Comments Off on Catholic Replies

Editor’s Note: Regarding what to do with unused religious items, E.N. of California says that the Universal Living Rosary Association (ULRA) is asking people to support the missions by donating scapulars, rosaries, old missals, medals, and holy cards. As indicated on its website (www.philomena.org), nothing goes to waste. All donations will be carefully placed with a reliable missionary or catechist. Please send your religious materials to Living Rosary, Suite 100-C, 2401 Termini St., Dickinson, TX 77539. Q. Thank you for your interpretation of Jesus’ admonition to the women of Jerusalem as He carried His cross. His prediction that the days are coming when people will say, “Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never…Continue Reading