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Tag:bruno, jesus, martha, Mary, segniEverything our Saviour did was full of sacred teaching. In every situation his actions were meant to point beyond themselves. For example, his outward actions in the hillside village of Bethany are repeated every day in his holy church.
Daily the Lord Jesus enters in, not thinking frequent visits beneath his dignity. […]

Tag:bible, good samaritan, jesus christ, neighbor, neighbour, origen, parable, storyTo interpret the parable of the Good Samaritan, one of the elders used to say that the man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho was Adam. He said Jerusalem was paradise, Jericho was the world, and the brig¬ands were enemy powers. The priest was the law, […]

Tag:apparitions, catholic, Mary, medugorje, mother, pilgrimage, virginIt’s been more than 2 decades since the apparent initial apparitions of our Lady at Medugorje. Yet after twenty years there is still no official verdict from the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. On this feast day of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I wish to post this excerpt […]

Tag:feast, heart, jesus, margaret mary alacoque, sacredVatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Marguerite Marie Alacoque or Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (22 July 1647-17 October 1690) was a French Catholic nun and mystic, who originated the Catholic devotion of the Sacred Heart in its modern form. She was born at L’hautecour, a village in the diocese […]

Tag:christian, faith, heaven, hell, poemI received this poem in mail that has a significant lesson.
I knelt to pray but not for long,
I had too much to do.
I had to hurry and get to work
For bills would soon be due.
So I knelt and said a hurried prayer,
And […]

Tag:ark, covenant, MaryThe Virgin Mary is the living shrine of the Word of God, the Ark of the New and Eternal Covenant.
Luke weaves additional parallels into the story of Mary — types that could be overlooked if one is unfamiliar with the Old Testament. After Moses died, Joshua led the Israelites across […]

Tag:1917, fatima, portugal, secret, thirdThe following is just one interpretation of the third secret of Fatima. Although the religious talk is a little bit more scary than most people are comfortable with, the message is important. These days regardless of your religious, political or social beliefs, we can all agree that as a whole, this […]

Tag:christian, God, morality, morals, spiritWe are familiar with the argument from some people that we cannot legislate morality and so we cannot have laws that make abortion, euthanasia and many other abominations, a crime. The converse argument is that we have laws that criminalize robbery, murder, drunken driving and sexual harassment that no one argues […]

Tag:catholic, church, dell, holy spirit, jesus christThe latest issue of Fortune Magazine has an article on Dell, the company and the man. The piece generally discusses the return of Michael Dell as CEO to turn around the faltering fortunes of his company after severing the former CEO. The article went on to describe several other […]

Tag:easter, eve, faith, Mary, sinIn Genesis we read how Eve was seduced by the Devil’s empty promises of becoming God. In her enthusiasm to eat the forbidden fruit she got Adam involved and pulled him into sin as well and consequently both injured communion with God. From this story, I’ve heard numerous times from my […]