Catholic Church

By Fr. Dwight Longenecker, National Catholic Register - Catholicism is the one religion in the modern world today that still offers a sacrifice on a regular basis… the Catholic Church is the only religion that still maintains a full sacrificial system through the mystery of the Mass—and does so worldwide at every altar, every day… Why is this? Why have sacrifices pretty much died out everywhere, yet it remains within Catholicism? Because the cross of Christ is the “one, full, final sacrifice.” On the cross the sacrificial systems of the world were fulfilled. All was completed. The Mass is the daily remembrance of that one, full, final sacrifice.

By Fr. Mike Schmitz, Ascension Presents - Alcohol can certainly help us to live in the moment, grow in friendship, and simply enjoy life more, but when we drink too much we distort the goodness of alcohol. The Bible always condemns drunkenness, and in this video Fr. Mike points out why. In doing so, he also shows how to really enjoy a drink with friends or family, and enjoying a drink the right way is much better than getting drunk.

By David Warren, The Catholic Thing - Honey is a good thing, in its place. Ask any bee. He might disagree with the use of it in my morning coffee, but not in principle. It exists to be used, like everything I have seen and thought about. It might also be abused... If one has ever drowned in a vat of honey – and frankly, gentle reader, I never have – one might glimpse its dark side. The closest I’ve come is in eating Greek baklava, or Bengali jalebi.