COLLECTION OF CATHOLIC PRAYERS ETC.
My work as a psychiatrist often reminds me of two inescapable truths. First, to a greater or lesser degree, everyone suffers in this life. Second, we often have no idea what other people are suffering interiorly. Appearances frequently deceive, and our assumptions about the lives of others—even people we think we know well—routinely miss the…
Perpetua and Felicity are two saints whom the Church recognizes for their heroic virtue; their lives are certainly examples of courage and faith for the rest of us to admire, no doubt. But here’s the thing. Those ancient saints who are thrown into a wild animal’s den for being Christians, but then are miraculously spared?…
Reading 1 Isaiah 58:1-9a Thus says the Lord GOD:Cry out full-throated and unsparingly,lift up your voice like a trumpet blast;Tell my people their wickedness,and the house of Jacob their sins.They seek me day after day,and desire to know my ways,Like a nation that has done what is justand not abandoned the law of their God;They…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — On his 21st day in Rome’s Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis recorded a 27-second audio message thanking people for their prayers. Played before the nightly recitation of the rosary in St. Peter’s Square March 6, the pope said, “I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers for my…
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Mike Church had me on his show this morning to discuss the holy season of Lent. Here is his description of the interview, followed by the embedded YouTube video thereof: Lent 2025 has begun! What are the Catholic requirements for … Continue reading → The post Lent Begins: Video of Mike Church Interview with Brother…
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The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts press statement… On Ash Wednesday, March 5th, reporter Tom Joyce of the New Boston Post, contacted the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, seeking a comment from C.J. Doyle on the appearance of … Continue reading → The post Boston’s Radical Mayor, Michelle Wu, Wears Ashes While Testifying…
TOPEKA, Kansas (TFP Student Action) — On March 28, the Kansas State Capitol will be the site of a public sacrilege. A group called The Satanic Grotto has scheduled what they call a Black Mass inside the Capitol building from … Continue reading → The post ‘Black Mass’ Sacrilege Planned Inside Kansas State Capitol Sparks…
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(Clare Marie Merkowsky/LifeSiteNews) — This year, nearly 40 Protestant pastors have contacted the Coming Home Network, a Catholic conversion organization, about entering the Catholic Church. In a March 3 post on X, JonMarc Grodi, director of the Coming Home Network, revealed that … Continue reading → The post Catholic conversion network reveals nearly 40 pastors are considering…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The infinite and inalienable dignity inherent in every human being has practical consequences which include protecting everyone’s right to life from conception to a natural end and opposing the “technocratic” ideology of gender, said the head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office. “We don’t want to be cruel and say that we…
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The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, releases a message at the start of Lent, recalling that the “overbearing rhetoric of conflict and recrimination” can never prevent God from carrying out reconciliation in Jesus. (Vatican News/Federico Piana) — As the … Continue reading → The post Patriarch Pizzaballa: Lenten forgiveness is stronger than violent words…
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