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June 3, 2025

FULL TEXT: Homily of Pope Leo XIV on Jubilee for Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly

By Pope Leo XIV, Catholic World Report - ...the Church tells us that today’s world needs the marriage covenant in order to know and accept God’s love and to defeat, thanks to its unifying and reconciling power, the forces that break down relationships and societies... For this reason, with a heart filled with gratitude and hope, I would remind all married couples that marriage is not an ideal but the measure of true love between a man and a woman: a love that is total, faithful and fruitful (cf. SAINT PAUL VI, Humanae Vitae, 9). This love makes you one flesh and enables you, in the image of God, to bestow the gift of life.
June 3, 2025

Why ‘Tit for Tat’ Lawfare Is Necessary, by Clifford Angell Bates, Jr.

By Clifford Angell Bates, Jr., Chronicles - The rule of law has long stood as a pillar of liberal constitutional democracy—a commitment to neutral adjudication, impartial justice, and political fairness. Neutrality of this kind lends legitimacy to a regime of laws as opposed to one of mere men. Yet in recent years, particularly under the aggressive strategies of the progressive left, a dangerous transformation has occurred. The law is no longer a matter for maintaining order or resolving disputes. It has become a weapon—“lawfare”—wielded not for justice but for victory. Under the guise of legality, the left has harnessed the institutions of justice to pursue their political enemies ....
June 3, 2025

Marriage’s Context Within Salvation History — Past, Present, and Future, by Jack Rigert

By Jack Rigert, Catholic Exchange - In a world increasingly confused about the meaning of love, identity, and commitment, the Church lifts up marriage not merely as a cultural tradition, but as a divine and sacred reality. Marriage is a sacrament—a visible sign instituted by Christ that communicates grace. But it is more than that: as Pope St. John Paul II taught, marriage is the “primordial sacrament”—the original sign through which God’s plan for humanity was made visible from the very beginning.
June 3, 2025

Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: This Is Eternal Life – to Know the Father the Only True God

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - John 17:1-11 - 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 4 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work which you gave me to do; 5 and now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was made. ....

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