When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. (Hosea 1:1) When they had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.” Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt. He stayed there until the death of Herod, that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be … [Read more...]
A Mother’s Generous Gift
Some thoughts on chapter 21 in the Gospel of Luke. Some say that the Gospel of Luke should be called the Gospel of Mary because Luke wrote his account from the point of view of the Blessed Mother. The chapter begins with the story of the widow’s mite. By the time this lesson takes place, Mary is a widow. She has contributed her only offspring, Our Lord Jesus, to the service of God. The widow remains in the Gospel forever as an example of faith and generosity. Her kind little gift is enough to … [Read more...]
Seen with the eyes of God
The Mass readings for today truly paint a beautiful picture of the world renewed by the Holy Spirit, infused forever with the love of God and free from sin. Through all the readings there is a common thread: the extolling of smallness. That is a very fitting reflection in this first week of Advent. Soon we will be celebrating Christmas, the glorious occasion when the God the Son became a little baby and was born in a humble manger from poor parents led there by a powerful mandate of Augustus … [Read more...]
Prophetic times
“I saw also the relationship between the two popes [ ... ] I saw how baleful would be the consequences of this false church. I saw it increase in size; heretics of every kind came into the city. The local clergy grew lukewarm, and I saw a great darkness…” “Then the vision seemed to extend on every side. Whole Catholic communities were being oppressed, harassed, confined, and deprived of their freedom. I saw many churches closed down, great miseries everywhere, wars and bloodshed. A wild and ig … [Read more...]
CCHD Grantee Celebrated by US Bishops Caught Indoctrinating Immigrants in Homosexual Activism
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) tweeted yesterday encouraging support of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development’s (CCHD) upcoming special collection. In the tweet, the USCCB made sure to point out that 25% of every dollar collected “will stay within your diocese for anti-poverty projects.” What the USCCB failed to mention was that 75% of the collection is used to fund grants elsewhere in the US, including the horrible grantees we’ve already profiled this year … [Read more...]
