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By Msgr. Charles Pope - The second reading for Sunday Mass speaks to us of “the fire next time” and reminds us of the need to be ready for the coming of the Lord. In this homily I will focus on that reading, in which St. Peter reminds us of the passing that will come for us all one day... Because Advent is a time to prepare, through prayer and repentance, we do well to heed this sacred teaching and warning. ....

By Deacon Mike Manno, The Wanderer - Last week, the House Judiciary Committee released its interim report on the FBI investigation into “radical-traditionalist Catholics” for being possible domestic terrorists. When a copy of the FBI memo, which outlined the agency’s concerns about certain “right wing” Catholics, was leaked to the press last February the public and political reaction was a fiery backlash against the FBI.

By Julian Kwasniewski, Crisis Magazine - Yes, there is a time to see the admixture of truth in error. And there is a time to return to the sources of truth—not the only sources of truth, but indispensable ones—a time, as I say, to pause in the dawn, fry your fish, straighten your stiff back, kiss your woman’s cheek, and stop your toddler from running into the road. And there is a time to accuse roundly of humbug anyone who tries to teach about or rule over men, women, the world, the Church, or anything else without taking such things into account.

By Bryan Gonzalez, The Catholic Gentleman - Children learn about their heavenly Father from their earthly fathers. Fathers should be the head of the family, strong leaders, faithful to their wives, and have a guiding hand in disciplining their children. In the probing words of St. Paul: “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord” (Eph 6:4) and elsewhere “Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged” (Col 3:21). As fathers, let’s help our children be God-fearing and pious children, blessing them, not cursing them.