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Suggestions: Stop watching horror movies and listen to a few YouTube vids from Fr. Vincent Lampert.

Yet, any presumption by others would be the sin, no? Charity demands that we think the best of others and do not pry into their lives.

As I have been instructed, if "spouses" are living as brother and sister, and are unaware of serious sin, then the Eucharist may indeed be received. As to scandal, I 'believe' that it does not occur because of misperception by those beholding a given situation. Rather, it is an active behavior...

"Some" knowledge of evil and its father, the evil one, is good as it equips the Christian to recognize and avoid his influence. He has not stopped roaming and patrolling the earth. He remains as subtle as ever.

What if it wasn't? Do we need a "Divine Damnation Sunday"?

Nope. Try thinking of mercy without explicit or implicit reference to justice.

The alternative is Kamala Harris.

You are called to faith for the sake of your soul; to know, love and serve God; to be at peace within a world at war. I believe that you were created to seek and accept the light of Christ and to demonstrate that light to your family. It may feel to be an awesome responsibility, but God's grace...

Christ is risen. Let us offer a prayer for the conversion of all who do not yet place their faith in the risen Lord! As the Parousia draws ever nearer, and will arrive suddenly, have mercy on us, O Lord. By the power of the Holy Spirit, draw many souls to your breast. May your light guide all...

We err if we examine the Iran conflict in a vacuum. It must be placed in historical perspective. Iran is perhaps the purest expression of Islam; a violent, expansionist ideology. Its history is soaked with blood, slavery and oppression. Many Popes have had to confront the threat head-on...

Iran, North Korea and all west-hating nations, are vassals of Red China. Mao Tse Dong established the destruction of the west as the goal of the Chinese Communist Party in 1949. Nothing has changed. Do we wait for the invasion before we take action? What happened to prudence?

Parallels to the crusades.

I ask why John - after Jesus' atoning death on the cross - would write that nothing impure enters God's Kingdom (Rev. 21:27). If Jesus 'paid the price', then how can this be? They raise the flag of imputed righteousness but sin is imputed as often as righteousness. I note that the translators of...

Welcome! Based on the teaching of the Church, the threat of terrorism and the 500,000+ opioid deaths in the US alone, I live by this: I note that LEGAL immigration has occurred continuously under all presidential administrations, including the current. That mechanism is how my Salvadoran wife...

Searching for sexual content? Confess it and don't look back. In general, social media can easily be a near occasion of sin. Do you have an Examination of Conscience? This would be a great time to re-read it.