A Treasure To Be Shared

The priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus. When you see a priest, think of our Lord Jesus Christ. | St. John Vianney Give thanks to God for a good pastor, a priest who... . draws attention to the Holy Eucharist, not to himself. helps others to follow Jesus Christ and to keep the Lord's commands (John 14:15-31). encourages respect for the sacred Liturgy. by his passion for truth and his reminders of God's justice and mercy, leaves no doubt that he loves and protects his flock. is forthright and not a flake. speaks in a normal voice during his homilies, not in an overly affected tone, and draws attention to the content of Holy Scripture. offers ways to apply the wisdom of Holy Scripture to daily life. by his reverent actions, helps you purify your own intentions and worship God in spirit and in truth. assigns penances that are clearly intended to help you get to heaven. is a man of prayer. loves God and the Church. is organized and a tireless worker for Christ. is kind an...

Osoyoos Desert | Photo: Tourism BC Lent Approacheth Money, career, power, the need to control - human beings make many altars upon which humanity, dignity and integrity are regularly sacrificed. Baal, Moloch, Ishtar - somehow our unchurched contemporaries manage to unknowingly worship those detestable entities and miss how close to perdition they come to by doing so. Those who value the Mass of earlier times, the Extraordinary Form, are accused of worshipping the form of Mass rather than the One Who should be the focus of the Liturgy. While the accusation may be undeserved for the most part, the Christian must be mindful that the true focus of our worship must always be God. Jesus said that where two or three are gathered in His Name, He is there in our midst. We must be gathered in His Name to be confident He is there with us. Father Celebrity? So then, what of the Ordinary Form of the Mass? Is your typical diocesan Mass oriented entirely to Jesus, or is the preacher or celebrant ...

Obstacles There are contemporary popular approaches to education and socialization born of a false compassion that reinforces self-deception. The results are, as we are seeing multiplied tens of thousands of times, a torrent of victims. Duped into false promises, young people are indulging offers of body-altering hormones and surgeries that exacerbate depression, anxiety, and suicidal tendencies . Those maimed or near-maimed who call out for help, for relief from the terror of advocates determined to win the war to destroy original sexuality, are too often ridiculed by their peers who are captured by various societal fictions. 2 Timothy 3:1-9 | But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of stress.  For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, inhuman, implacable, slanderers, profligates, fierce, haters of good,  treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure r...

At the website of the Ordinariate (OLSC*) Catholic Parish of Saints Ninian and Chad, the question, 'What is the English Patrimony?' is answered as follows: The English, or Anglican, Patrimony is the sum total of the spiritual, liturgical, pastoral, cultural and social traditions that have come down to us primarily via the experience of Christian life primarily in England, but also to an extent from the whole of the British Isles. It begins with the first unknown missionaries to England, from the protomartyr Saint Alban, and continues through the Celtic Church, the Roman-Gregorian Mission of Saint Augustine of Canterbury. It includes the lives and writings of great figures like Saint Bede the Venerable, Edward the Confessor, Saint Anselm, Saint Richard of Chichester, Saint Hilda of Whitby, Margery Kemp, Walter Hilton, Richard Rolle, the Lady Julian of Norwich, the author of the Cloud of Unknowing , St Aelred of Riveaux, and continues down through the era of the time of the separ...

Ritual actions in the Catholic Church are vital expressions of faith that facilitate a deeper encounter with God. They encompass a range of gestures, symbolic actions, and communal participation that together create a rich tapestry of worship of Almighty God. Through these actions, the Church not only commemorates the mysteries of faith but also actively participates in the ongoing work of salvation initiated by Christ. The integration of these actions into the life of the Church underscores their importance in nurturing the spiritual life of the faithful and fostering a sense of community within the Body of Christ. Instruction for Applying the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches | Congregation for the Eastern Churches | 1996 AD CHAPTER VI General Considerations on Divine Worship and the Sacraments - 40. The sacraments, actions of the Church 40 | The Church in which God reveals himself constitutes, in some way, the sacrament from which the individual...

DEI content may not only increase the hostile attribution bias but converges with outcomes produced by authoritarian traits themselves. NCRI A recent study published under the auspices of the Rutgers University Social Perception Lab evaluates equity, diversity and inclusivity programs (EDI or DEI).  The study found that decent people, "as a result of these programs, have experienced undue duress, social ostracization, or even termination of employment." The research team that compiled the data is not asking whether or not DEI programs produce a hostile attribution bias.  They are stating the fact that such programs can and often times do produce and increase a hostile attribution bias. - - - INSTRUCTING ANIMOSITY HOW DEI PEDAGOGY PRODUCES THE HOSTILE ATTRIBUTION BIAS NCRI | Rutgers University Social Perception Lab https://www.openread.academy/en/paper/reading?corpusId=513675482 Equity Extremists: How Anti-Oppressive Narratives Converge with Authoritarian Intolerance (p.1...