Originally published 22 February, 2007 Memento homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris. (Genesis III:19) These words from the ceremonies by which we commence Lent is indicative of several things we necessarily must keep in mind. The First is the Latin words address each of us individually. Memento homo, quia pulvis es, etc. Remember […]
Originally published 13 October, 2008 Much is said today about a culture of life, and it is done so rightly. The culture of death is in fact a culture surrounding true death, eternal damnation and the vices that please the devil. Nevertheless, I’ve chosen a provocative title for this post because as Catholicism is a […]
Originally published 10 August, 2010 The saints tell us that the death of sinners is filled with problems. In this sense they do not mean sinners in the broad sense, because we are all sinners, rather sinners with respect to the unrepentant, those who have not yet turned away from their sins and more than […]
Originally published 30 November 2010 “The Poor, the poor!” This is almost a common mantra that we hear today from our Bishops. For that matter from all the social elites. Whenever a new Church is built, there is some idiot to say “shouldn’t this money be used for the poor?” Although I watched with great […]
How many times have you heard this? All God really cares about is that you are a good person. Or God doesn’t really care about what you believe, just as long as you try to be good. Now would it really surprise you to know that these statements were made by Catholic school students who […]