Catholic Church

By Msgr. Charles Pope - One of the great cries of Advent is for God to rend the heavens and come down (Is 64:1), for Him to stir up his mighty power and come to save us (Ps 80:2). But what is it that we really seek? Is it armies with thunder and lightning? Is it vindication and peace on our terms? In a way, it is a dangerous cry if we mean it that way, for who of us can say that no wrath should come to us but only to those other people who deserve it? If God should come in thunderous judgement, are you and I really so sure we could endure and be numbered among the just?

By Dr. Donald DeMarco, Catholic Exchange - Education is not the same as osmosis, although what passes for education in many instances these days is often the passage of toxic cultural ideas through a weak defense system into a person thus forming a mirror image of culture. In other words, the osmotic process in education is akin to extreme socialization or acculturation in which mind and culture have an equal concentration of the same ideas.   

By Fr. Dwight Longenecker - Fr James Martin has taken to Twitter again to whine and distort the truth in his usual subtle way. This time he is lamenting the request made by Fr Scott Nolan in Grand Rapids that Judge Smolenski refrain from presenting herself for communion… (reply) James Martin: As with all these sad cases, the question is: Why are only married LGBT people being singled out? Is Communion denied to all parishioners who are not following church teachings? That is, married couples using birth control or IVF? Or young people engaging in pre-marital sex?

By Bishop Strickland, Diocese of Tyler, Texas - As Bishop of Tyler, I decree the liturgical year beginning the First Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2019, and ending on the Solemnity of Christ the King, November 22, 2020, will be observed as the “Year of the Eucharist: Fostering Reverence for the Real Presence” in the Diocese of Tyler… As we journey through this year, it is my hope that we may seek ways to deepen our personal faith and understanding of the tremendous gift of the Real Presence of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. This will be a time for us to remember that the Lord, out of his great love for us….