Source: Bishop Robert Barron on YouTube Friends, there’s a great temptation for us to turn the Lord into a distant spiritual entity or a difficult moral taskmaster. We incorrectly believe that we have to crawl our way to the divine by our own heroism, merit, and effort. But this is […]
Fr. James Brent, O.P. discusses what we as humans can expect in the next life after our time in purgatory, and enjoy the fullness of the ‘beatific vision’. What will our bodies be like. How will we look. These and more questions, Fr. Brent answers based on the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Ever since my book What the Saints Never Said was published, people have asked me, “What is your least favorite apocryphal saint quote?” Some people expect me to answer with the classic faux Franciscan quote “Preach the Gospel, use words if necessary,” which is irritating because it reduces evangelism to “random acts […]
Source: Bishop Robert Barron via YouTube Friends, at the Regional Congress 2.0 Teach event, I presented on the importance of not dumbing down the faith as we engage in religious education. Young people enjoy asking about and discussing the big questions, from God’s existence, to how to be a good […]
Rules and governing restrictions are used every day in countless ways to refine that which is crude and unmeasured into something refined and more capable. We recognize this principle in countless ways in our daily lives except for one critical area: which is sex. We say, in this instance, we don’t need any thing that governs our behaviour except the absolute minimum. So, as long as you can find another willing adult, have at ‘er.
Source: Word on Fire Institute via YouTube Just in time for Halloween, Word on Fire CEO Fr. Steve Grunow joins Fellow of Popular Culture Andrew Petiprin to talk about the horror genre, including offering his insights into some of the most popular horror films and stories. In this interview: – […]
Source: Fr. Mark Goring via YouTube Fr. Mark Goring discusses the ‘Great Reset’ once considered a ‘conspiracy theory’ is now being openly promoted via mainstream media. The World Economic Forum, along with other ‘elites’ want to design a ‘New World Order’ – a man-made ‘paradise on earth’ but without God. […]
Quote: “Allow me to address you at this hour in which the fate of the whole world is being threatened by a global conspiracy against God and humanity. I write to you as an Archbishop, as a Successor of the Apostles, as the former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America. I am writing to you in the midst of the silence of both civil and religious authorities. May you accept these words of mine as the “voice of one crying out in the desert” (Jn 1:23)”.
Source: Fr. Mark Goring, CC via YouTube Fr. Mark Goring, CC book recommendation for the month of November is ‘Searching for and Maintaining Peace’ by Father Jacques Philippe. Fr. Mark states that in his opinion it is the best book on the subject of keeping your ‘peace’. We need to […]
Source: Population Research Institute via YouTube The Rise of the China Virus: A Conversation with PRI President Steven Mosher Part 3 Link: The Rise of the China Virus: A Conversation with PRI President Steven Mosher Part 1Link: The Rise of the China Virus: A Conversation with PRI President Steven Mosher […]
Source: True Faith TV via YouTube Gabriel, a youth minister, goes over his ministry’s evangelisation programme, which introduces young people to the teachings of the Catholic Church, apologetics, prayer, the Rosary, Eucharistic adoration among many other faith-based activities. 19.9K subscribersSUBSCRIBED00:36 Prayer 01:38 Lepanto 03:31 Youth 03:57 The Role of the […]
Source: Bishop Barron on YouTube Church: Clerically Speaking Podcast (Part 2) Friends, in this second video clip from the Clerically Speaking Podcast with Fr. Harrison Ayre and Fr. Anthony Sciarappa, our discussion centers on the theology of the Church, or ecclesiology. I express my concerns regarding the abuse scandal, the […]