Jeanie Hannaman

By Thomas V. Mirus, Catholic Culture - St. Alphonsus Liguori wrote in Uniformity with God’s Will: We must unite ourselves to God’s will not only in things that come to us directly from his hands, such as sickness, desolation, poverty, death of relatives, but likewise in those we suffer from man—for example, contempt, injustice, loss of reputation, loss of temporal goods and all kinds of persecution. On these occasions we must remember that whilst God does not will the sin, he does will our humiliation, our poverty, or our mortification, as the case may be. ....

By Fr. Dn. Christopher B. Warner, Catholic World Report - In an age of radical individualism and ideological rebellion against every form of authority, the Catholic tradition offers a necessary and urgent corrective. Rooted in Sacred Scripture, developed by the Fathers of the Church, refined by St. Thomas Aquinas, and clarified by the Magisterium, the Christian understanding of authority is neither authoritarian nor permissive. It is a structured reflection of divine love. Authority is granted to leaders by God, not for domination, but to promote the common good and guide souls to their supernatural end.

By Marcus Peter, Crisis Magazine - The gates of Hell are pressing hard against the walls, and, to be honest, they always have; but they will not prevail. Now is the time to recall who we are—and who leads us. The papacy is accountable to the judgment of Christ. This should both console us and fill us with dread. Heavy is the judgment to he who wears the papal tiara. Our future Holy Father needs us, his spiritual children, to love him and pray for him constantly. ...