The Combat Against the Devil
In a world increasingly familiarized with the dramatic reality of war, Catholics can be led to forget that the most serious battles in life are not those fought with weapons and physical enemies.
Apparitions of La Salette – Lady, Why Are You Crying?
On the afternoon of September 19, 1846, two shepherds saw a Lady of resplendent beauty. She was not hiding her tears. What was the cause of them?
The Church: Teacher of Civilization
In the third century of our era, Rome was facing a terrible decline towards its inevitable twilight. Would that civilization finally disappear?
The St. Benedict Medal – An Exorcism Struck on a Medal
Beginning in Germany where it was first minted, devotion to the St. Benedict medal spread rapidly throughout Catholic Europe, and the faithful considered it a sure defence against infernal attacks.
Gabriel Lopes dos Anjos
Sins Against the Holy Spirit, According to St. Thomas – An Unforgivable Sin?
The Angelic Doctor clarifies, in the light of Scripture and the doctrine of the Holy Fathers, a question of undeniable interest: blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, a sin that Our Lord mysteriously characterized as “unforgivable”.
Pope Marcellus II – Lessons from a Short Pontificate
“If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.”
The Devotion of the First Fridays of the Month – Promise of a Heart Ablaze with Love
Who would turn down a lottery ticket with a guaranteed prize…? We would gladly submit to the toughest demands in order to obtain one. Well, here is the winning ticket offered to us by God himself!
The Sacrament of Confirmation – A Church of Soldiers!
“Gospel” and “combat”; “apostle” and “soldier”; “Christian” and “militant”… These concepts may sound antagonistic to many people. However, the strong bond between them is sealed by a great Sacrament of our Faith.
It Was Worthwhile to have Wept!
There is “a time to weep,” says Ecclesiastes, and there are tears for each time, we might add. Tears are part of human life after original sin, and sometimes they take on a supernatural character. How?
Regarding Subjectivism
The idea of truth today has been replaced by that of change, of progress, of consensus… each person “creates” the truth and establishes what is true and what is false, what is good and what is evil.
