Fr. Mark Goring, reading from the diary of St. Faustina, describes the seven tortures of hell, as well as the extra specific suffering a soul has to go through in hell.
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Stockpile Food Now! – Fr. Mark Goring, CC
Fr. Mark Goring says to stockpile food, but don’t break the bank, and buy things that you actually use. Maybe have a couple of weeks food in your store, just in case fresh produce does not become easy to purchase. Also, perhaps add some other necessities such as toiletries. He suggests that this may not be so much from the result of a second wave, but due to further government restrictions and ‘fear’.
Maria Steen re: the law outside abortion centres
Maria Steen of the Iona Institute is a barrister, writer, mother, and a high-regarded commentator on pro-life issues, who regularly appears on national and international media programs as an effective and powerful debater for the right to life of pre-born children.
That Hideous Strength: C.S. Lewis’s Prophetic Warning against the Abuse of Science
Famed Anglo-Irish writer C.S. Lewis issued a prophetic warning against the dangers of the abuse of science in his novel That Hideous Strength. Learn about the relevance of Lewis’s novel for today in this video commemorating its 75th anniversary (the novel was published originally on August 16, 1945). This clip is an excerpt from a longer documentary titled The Magician’s Twin: C.S. Lewis and the Case against Scientism…
Patients can no longer assume that doctors are committed to protecting life.
Source: alexschadenberg.blogspot.comReprinted with permission By Gordon Friesen.https://www.euthanasiediscussion.net/ Throughout the long Canadian discussions, court cases, and legislative compromises, which eventually resulted in mandating physician “assisted” death, there has often been a comfortable tendency for people to think that euthanasia is merely another clinical procedure; that its influence could be restricted to […]
The Very First Fathers
We’re familiar with the apostles and the authors of the New Testament, but how many of us know the apostolic Fathers? They were the Christian leaders who followed immediately the age of the apostles, and many of them knew and interacted with Jesus’ original disciples. Who were they, why are they important to our Faith, and what startling revelations are contained in their writings? This talk is an excerpt from the 2019 Catholic Answers Annual Conference.
Divine Mercy Chaplet | Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
“Have mercy on us and on the whole world.” Join the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet and asking God to shower his mercy upon us. While originally planned to be released closer to Divine Mercy Sunday, we have moved up our release date to encourage all people to pray that God’s mercy helps to console the suffering, give peace to the anxious, wisdom to our pastors, and renew all people in their trust in the Lord: Jesus, I trust in you.
Solitude & Paradise – a Mini-Homily
In this ‘mini-homily’ Fr. Mark Goring recounts how St. Anthony of the Desert, struggled with trying to find the correct balance between the spiritual and temporal in his life. Tradition has it that an angel appeared to St. Anthony, and told him to ‘work a bit, pray a bit’ and that by doing this he would be saved. An insight to help us get the right balance in our own busy lives.
Hidden code in Genesis 1:1
Each letter of the Hebrew alphabet has a numeric value. The Hebrew text of the Old Testament displays remarkable numeric patterns. Genesis 1:1 is examined in detail. Compelling evidence of God’s supernatural hand of design in the original Hebrew text of the Bible.
The Sustainability of Beauty
I recently had an interesting conversation with an architect who defined himself as a classicist with respect to aesthetics, art, and design. And he explained what he understood that to be in an interesting way. He said that a classicist is someone who believes that there is an ideal form to be realized in design. Whether that be in car, a building, a smartphone, or whatever. And this is consistent with Classical and medieval…
Catholic Morality 101
Our culture holds many different concepts of morality. In this episode, Bishop Barron and Brandon Vogt discuss three major theories–consequentialism, deontology/legalism, and virtue ethics–and how compatible each is with Catholicism.
Why God Chose You!
Friends, in a universe governed by God’s providence, there is no such thing as “dumb luck” or coincidence. Therefore, his election and his choosing is not arbitrary or exclusive. Rather, when God invites his people to mission, he is not calling them for their own sakes, but for the sake of the whole world.