Last November, Bishop Sal Cordileone, the youthful and talented bishop of Oakland, California, was appointed to head the U.S. Bishops efforts to defend marriage. While an auxiliary bishop in San Diego, he had led the efforts of the Catholic Church in California to pass Proposition 8, which defined that the only marriage that would be [...]
I passed through the metal detector at the Las Vegas Airport easily and uneventfully. While waiting for my wife, who was the inconvenient recipient of a more thorough random check, I turned to the attendant and told her that I was surprised to pass through the metal detector so quietly since I have entered the [...]
The celebration of World Marriage Day yesterday and St. Valentine’s Day today are obvious, fitting occasions to think about the blessings of romantic love and marriage. They’re also particularly challenging days for the growing number whose personal experience of love has fallen far short of love’s aspirations and ideals. The personal suffering caused by broken [...]
I am away from my home parish today. I attended Holy Mass with my wife at a church where no one knows me. We enjoyed one of the very rare opportunities to sit together in the pews during Mass. Normally I am serving in the Sanctuary in my role as deacon. Anyway, this morning I [...]
On April 24, 2010 a Pontifical High Mass was celebrated (in the Extraordinary Form) at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. on the occasion of the 5th Anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s ascension to the throne of Peter. If you have not visited “America’s” Catholic Church, I encourage you to do so [...]
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Daily Catholic Quote from Fr. Benedict Groeschel
“One thing that is not being tried in any particularly enthusiastic way by people who call themselves Catholic is Catholicism.” (Fr. Benedict Groeschel; The Reform of Renewal, 1990) Please help us in our mission to assist readers to integrate their Catholic faith, family and work. Tell your family and friends about this article using both the [...]
St. Benedict for Beginners – The Third Step to Humility
This is the ninth in a series on St. Benedict for Beginners. – The Editors The Third Step to Humility ‘The third step of humility is that for the love of God a man should be obedient to his superior in all things.’ Obedience? What a sign of scandal in an individualistic age! The whole [...]
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