And the angel said to them, "...And this will be a sign for you; you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger." -St. Luke 2:10, 12 And Jesus answered them, "...[T]hey will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory; and he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from one end of heaven to the other." -St. Matthew 24:4, 30-31 Jesus said to him, "...But I tell you, hereafter you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven." -St. Matthew 26:64 And Jesus said, "I am, and you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven." -St. Mark 14:62 "The Father judges no one, but has given all judgement to the Son, that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father." -St. John 5:22-23 "For...the Fat...
On New Advent today is a link to an Italian newspaper's allegations that there is "evidence of a homosexual network within the Vatican" and that "some Vatican officials were subject to blackmail." There are four possibilities: First, the story has been made up by the Italian newspaper to force the Vatican into some kind of action. Second, the story has been made up by someone in the Vatican to force the Vatican into some kind of action. Third, the story has been made up by someone unassociated with either the newspaper or the the Vatican to force the Vatican into some kind of action. Fourth, the story is true and has been leaked by an untrustworthy member of the Vatican staff to force the Vatican into some kind of action. Regardless of what the truth is, there are four important lessons for us here. First, "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23) Second, since all have sinned, then like us, even those in the ...
Ashwin Vaswani on Unsplash The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to work, it ceases to exist. -St. Gregory the Great Do you wish to discover the mysteries of God? Ask a man who, for the love of God, lives in evangelical poverty with joy. He knows the mysteries of God better than the wisest theologian in the world. -St. Albert the Great True power is service. The Pope must serve all people, especially the poor, the weak, the vulnerable. -Pope Francis It seems everyone is getting all in an uproar about the work Pope Francis is doing. It's what got Mr. Ben Shapiro into a dither. From whence comes such madness? Someone, perha...
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