Catholic Church

By Francis X. Maier, The Catholic Thing - We need to wake up and remember that great Christian minds like J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis do not happen by chance; nor are they alone.  God doesn’t abandon his people.  We humans are the subjects of history, not its objects.  And there’s no predetermined “wrong side” of history unless we’re cowards, because history is simply the inanimate record of our choices – which we alone have the power to shape by choosing freely, with courage and moral character.  The future doesn’t exist until we create it.  And we create it with the content of our lives.

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - Maria Powell of the St. Paul Center sent the following information about the string of excellent books they have published recently at the rate of about one per week. These make excellent reading during the Advent and Christmas seasons, depending on each person’s situation and needs. So I received permission simply to reproduce Maria’s list in this space. (Note: I have already reviewed the first one, by Scott Hahn, on CatholicCulture.org. See: Holiness.)

By Nadia Bullock, Church Militant - Can something derived from evil produce good outcomes?... Almost all the COVID jabs are linked to aborted fetal cell lines. And yet, in the last couple of years, the hierarchy around the world has encouraged their use... The USCCB said the lack of alternative vaccines justified the use of the Pfizer and Moderna ones. ...

By Msgr. Charles Pope - The first weeks of Advent focus more on the Lord’s second coming in glory than on His first coming at Bethlehem. The gospel clearly states that we must always be prepared, for at an hour we do not expect, the Son of Man will come. “Ready” is the key word, but how should we be ready?... The second reading from today’s Mass (Romans 13:11-14) gives us a basic recipe for readiness. We can distinguish five fundamental instructions in Paul’s recipe.