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Christ’s Commission and Obama’s Mandate: A Teachable Moment

Brother André Marie — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:59:53 +0000

The big news in American Catholic circles is the Obama administration’s “contraceptive mandate.” This latest unethical intrusion of big governmnet stipulates that employers, including religious institutions, provide their employees with insurance coverage for contraceptives, sterilizations, and specific abortifacients such as Ella and Plan B.

Catholic Action League Executive Director C. J. Doyle summarized the situation: “If ... ...Read More »

Traditionalism is an Affirmation

Brother André Marie — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:25:14 +0000

One of the most important things for a person to have is an identity. This is why names are so important to us. Adam was given power to name things in the Garden of Eden, showing that he had dominion over the rest of creation, including Eve, whom he named. When a child finds out ... ...Read More »

What We Have Seen and Heard

Brother André Marie — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:28:25 +0000

The true religion is not a book. It is a communion — a mystical body — by which man is united to God and therefore made holy, beginning in this life a relationship that is meant to continue for all eternity in beatitude. Yes, the true faith is a revelation from on high. Yes, a ... ...Read More »

Pardon the Provocation, but ‘Merry Christmas!’

Brother André Marie — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:57:10 +0000

Dear Friends and Benefactors,

A Christmas letter is conventionally an opportunity to express gratitude for the past, good cheer for the present, and hope for the future. This is a good convention, for these are three very Christian things. In the present circumstances of our Republic, the world, and the Church, the necessity is to supernaturalize ... ...Read More »

The Great Preparation

Brother André Marie — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:33:16 +0000

The Mystery of the Immaculate Conception is not something on the borderlands of the Christian religion; rather, it stands front and center in the true Faith. This is because the Immaculate Herself is so wrapped up in the divine decree for the redemption of men, that her perpetual sinlessness and fulness of grace form a ... ...Read More »

The Real Gospel of Life

Brother André Marie — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:35:48 +0000

The moral teachings of the Church are of a piece with her teachings on faith. Christ’s supernatural revelation to the Church, along with the natural law also entrusted to her, constitute a “seamless garment”1 of truth about God, man, and the destiny of man in God. To abstract one or another of the constituent truths ... ...Read More »

Monologue with a Madman

Brother André Marie — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:59:07 +0000

Some months back, I received a telephone call from a sedevacantist madman who challenged me to a debate on whether Pope Benedict XVI is the pope. This individual should know that debates are not the way we do our apostolate. I have nothing against debating, but we engage in other apostolates that take up our ... ...Read More »

Smashing the Hand that Feeds You

Brother André Marie — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:13:54 +0000

The Rorate Caeli web site posted this picture of a smashed statue of the Virgin of Lourdes. The statue lies in the Via Merulana, the lovely street that connects the Lateran Basilica to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, with several other churches between. Why has this act of outrageous anti-Marian iconoclasm been perpetuated within ... ...Read More »

Right and Freedom: Our Conference in Summary

Brother André Marie — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:25:55 +0000

The Saint Benedict Center Conference, on October seventh and eighth, drew a diverse multitude from as far away as Florida, Idaho, and California to the Center’s New-England campus. The theme of the conference was “Right and Freedom: Catholic Considerations on Misused Concepts.”

Below are summaries of all the presentations, with links to each speaker’s bio. All ... ...Read More »

The Freedom and Exaltation of Holy Mother Church

Brother André Marie — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:22:30 +0000

Monsignor Charles Pope has penned a concise summary of recent anti-Catholic and anti-natural law actions of the nanny state: If You Find A Good Fight, Get In It! A similar clarion call for political action can be found on the Mass Resistance site, which cites an address of a British Pro-Family barrister to the effect ... ...Read More »