Archive | Pentecost Season

All knowledge comes to use through the five senses. Imagine how important it is to hear, to see, to speak, to touch and to smell. Why we can hardly imagine life without these wondrous senses which give us so much delight and power. Yet these senses do not only give us knowledge in the world […]

“Education is bloody business” as John Donne said. Education in the salvation of our souls is the most precious education we can receive. Our Lord educates by the shedding of His Blood. The Church is a teacher of this sacrifice; she does not dialogue for she possesses the Truth. True Catholics do not search for […]

Jesus Wept Many prayers are uttered by the lips of men and women but the “Prayer of Tears” is most efficacious. Our Lord wept over a city just as He wept at the tomb of Lazarus. He gives us the example which gives more emphasis to His words. St. Augustine spends a great deal of […]

Do Not Compromise Why don’t you take the United Way money? Simple answer: they have compromised and begun to fund abortion. This was and is the way the Catholic must react when they are offered “polluted pennies”. We know that we cannot associate ourselves with the ways of the world to advance in political correctness […]

Reflection on the Sunday Gospel By nature Goodness diffuses itself while by nature evil destroys itself. It is a simple philosophical formula that is so important to live by in these days in which a battle rages. Our Lord makes it very clear that a good tree produces good fruit while the bad tree produces […]