When Our Savior was scourged at the pillar He was lashed all over His Sacred Body, front and back. These marks from the Roman scourge can be seen on the Holy Shroud. One wound that cannot be seen on the … Continue reading
Category: Columns
‘Please Stay With Me’
Rebecca Frech has a moving article, a lesson for many, on the National Catholic Register website. I could easily identify with it having left my mother on Sundays in the care of another lady so I could attend an earlier … Continue reading
Reconquest Episode 35: Old Clothes and Dead Men’s Bones (on Relics) Guest: Charles Coulombe
In the second segment of this episode I interview Charles Coulombe, historian and author, on the subject of holy relics. The first segment is a brief apologetic for the custom of venerating relics as it is practiced in the Catholic Church … Continue reading
Are Smoking and Drinking Sinful?
Father Chad Ripperger, in an eight and a half minute sermon, answers this question with scholastic acumen and competence. The bottom line is that neither is evil unless abused.
Massachusetts Legislature: Defend Decency, Oppose House Bill 4392!
Because so many members of the General Court were away this week at the Democratic National Convention, the Massachusetts Legislature will close out its 2016 session with a special weekend sitting of the House and the Senate today, July 30th, and tomorrow, … Continue reading
Reconquest Episode 34: Why the Church? Why Not Just Jesus?
In this show, I go through four different arguments to answer these questions: “Why the Church? Why Not Just Jesus?” The topic results from common objections from modern non-denominational “Bible Christians,” who claim that “the church” (or “religion”) is a mere … Continue reading
Today, July 26, Feast Day of the ‘Mother of the Mother of God’
Today is the feast day of “Good Saint Anne” the mother of the Mother of God. Father Feeney preferred to call Saint Anne “the mother of the Mother of God” rather than “the grandmother of God”, as we read often … Continue reading
A Little Question on the Word ‘Conservative’
Being now in the full throes of the 2016 presidential election cycle, political news and talk is now even louder than usual. There are many wars of words, most of them horribly shallow and uninformed by sound principles. In light … Continue reading
Reconquest Episode 33: Heretics, Apostates and Schismatics Oh My! Guest: Ryan Grant
There is a schedule change for this Episode of Reconquest. It will premiere at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (6 p.m. Central) on Wednesday, July 20. My guest once more in Mr. Ryan Grant. As the name I’ve given the show … Continue reading
St. Mary Magdalene is the Same Mary, the Sister of Lazarus and Martha of Bethany
I had doubted this in the past. My main reason was that Saint Mary Magdalene is called “the Magdalene” not “Mary of Bethany.” Magdala was in Galilee, not Judea, where Bethany was. I stand corrected by this informative article by Father … Continue reading
Four-Part Radio Series: The Warnings of Fatima Are Here
Cross posting from Veritas Radio Network site… Mandeville, LA – Mike Church begins a 4 part series looking into the Miracle of The Sun and the events that preceded them in Fatima Portugal. Mike will be joined by Christopher Ferrara. In … Continue reading
Reconquest Episode 32. On the Church Militant. Guest: Ryan Grant
Mr. Ryan Grant, of Mediatrix Press, is my guest. The subject is the book by Saint Robert Bellarmine, On the Church Militant, which Ryan translated and published. We discuss the first three chapters of the book, which explain the origin … Continue reading
Cardinal Schönborn Says Amoris Laetitia is Binding Doctrine
Maike Hickson, writing for onepeterfive.com: Austrian Catholic website kath.net reports that on 7 July, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn published an interview in the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, in which he said that Amoris Laetitia is a binding doctrinal document. From now on, … Continue reading
Holy Twelves
Back in April I posted an article on the “Holy Forties.” Now I would like to post a short piece on the “Holy Twelves.” We begin, of course, with the twelve Apostles: Peter, Andrew, James (the Greater), John, Simon, James … Continue reading
Reconquest Episode 31. The Precious Blood of Jesus
The price of our salvation is the Most Precious Blood of Jesus. In the nineteenth century, there was a real flowering of devotion to the Precious Blood, thanks to such notables as Saint Gaspar del Bufalo, Father Frederick Faber, and, of … Continue reading
