A Treasure To Be Shared

The Love of God Tactical retreats are necessary to attend to one's spiritual well being in the midst of the workaday world to better cooperate with God in the ongoing mission to share the Good News for the salvation of souls. Right Way The Way of Jesus is to take up one's cross and know that Jesus is wed to our lives, sharing our journey as the lover of our souls. Are we faithful to our spouse, the Lord? Asking of God the grace to enter into our wounds in order to grow closer to Christ makes a place in us for God, to grow in holiness and the love of God and neighbour. Without the mercy of God's grace, we might as well make of ourselves a hell in which we are never touched by love nor know the blessing of authentic freedom. As the saying goes: know Jesus, know peace; no Jesus, no peace. Likewise: know Jesus, know truth; etc. Saint John Henry Newman, Doctor of the Church, offers wise counsel for making the most of Lenten practices. The earnest disciple would do well to take i...

Meditation from Psalm 65 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receivest unto thee : he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple. Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O God of our salvation : thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea. Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains : and is girded about with power. Who stilleth the raging of the sea : and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the people. from Psalm 67 GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us : and show us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us; That thy way may be known upon earth : thy saving health among all nations. Prayer Omnipotent God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Who doth know the very hearts and inward longings of all souls, we do beseech Thee most humbly to make manifest Thy power and mercy. May all nations be guided toward righteousness and concord, the...

Detail | Last Judgement | Sistine Chapel The Church is long into a night, a night of apostasy among many of her children. Many are consorting with demons. They: disfigure the Sacred Liturgy. attack innocence. traffic in deceit. foment rebellion. embrace worldly agendas. shun the call to holiness. attempt to empty the Lord's Gospel of meaning. pay lip service to the Gospel. reject the commands of the Lord Jesus. Rather than calling sinners to salvation in Jesus, they reject virtue and encourage vice. Impostors! Much guilt lies at the feet of priests whose abominable assaults against children is the filth warned about by the Holy Father Benedict XVI. How much filth there is in the Church, and even among those... in the priesthood. Depravity! Sin and indifference infect and fill the naves of parish churches that have opened their doors to the world of sin. With the exception of attendees of tradition-minded parishes, Catholic couples practice artificial contraception at a rate equal t...

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 ...

As we approach secular New Year celebrations, we might take a moment to reflect on the ever-present need to bring the Gospel to a world whose citizens are in constant need of hope and of the assurance that they are capable of giving and receiving authentic love. The necessity of prayer and acceptance of God's invitation to newness of life. To be able to adopt and realize a new way of thinking and being requires an ongoing willingness to change, to encounter the truth about oneself in a world that provides many shallow alternatives to Jesus' way of truth, goodness and beauty.  The path to renewal depends on cooperation with God, Who loves you and Who provides you with the grace - His very life and loving power - to help you be restored to communion with Him.  That communion is a relationship of love.  God informs the heart and mind and draws us into His embrace.  Through prayer and formation in His word, the voice of God speaking in and through Holy Scripture, we come...

There are far too many of the brethren acting like their evil inclinations and bad actions will have no consequences. Think again. Proverbs 6:16-19 There are six things which the Lord hates, seven which are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers. What makes a Catholic a Catholic? It's easier to say what doesn't make one a Catholic or, more precisely, what is unbecoming a Catholic. Arrogance, conceit (James 4:16). "As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. Whoever knows what is right to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin." Lying . The liar is a murderer, like his father the devil (St John 8:44). Pro-choice, i.e., pro-abortion.  Canon 1398 provides that "a person who procures a successful abortion incurs an automatic (latae sententiae...

OSV News | Paul Haring At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.  Aristotle Take no delight in the fall of any man. Like anyone in a society conformed to the rule of law—well, western law at least—Fr. Rosica is innocent until proven guilty. Fr. Rosica's credibility, however, is pretty much shot, in large part due to hubris. The following links are to articles that capture the downward trajectory of Fr. Rosica's life. https://atreasuretobeshared.blogspot.com/2019/04/reasons-to-doubt-thomas-part-one.html https://atreasuretobeshared.blogspot.com/2019/05/reasons-to-doubt-thomas-part-two.html https://atreasuretobeshared.blogspot.com/2019/06/sham-sham-on-you-counterfeit_20.html https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/41576/rosica-resigns-from-salt-and-light-after-plagiarism-scandal https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/rosica-faces-sexual-assault-lawsuit https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/fr-thomas-rosica-accused-of-sexual-assault-loses...

To speak of the theo-centric character of the Sacred Liturgy or of the ius divinum and the Sacred Liturgy is, in simple terms, to speak of the right relationship between God and His creation, especially man, the only earthly creature created in the image of God Himself. Clearly, such a conversation has to do, first of all, with the Sacred Liturgy as the highest and most perfect expression of the relationship between God and man. There is no other aspect of the life of the Church, in which the truth about God’s relationship with man should be more visible, than the Sacred Liturgy. - Raymond Leo Card. Burke - - - The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works. - Saint Augustine - - - If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism. - Thomas Sowell, Knowledge and Decisions - - - As with music, in contemplative prayer, you have to sacrifice something of yourself; you have to give something of your ego. You can’t e...

Dante lost in the dark forest enters hell. Dante Alighieri's Inferno Canto 1 illustrated by Gustave Doré in 1861. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has lived a contentious life. He has used his position in government to berate people of goodwill and to pound his opponents into submission. Despite his lauding of bipartisanship, he has often been anything but a cooperative and civil man. To say that his political actions reveal fleeting convictions and self-interest is an understatement. His support for anti-life policies has rendered practically meaningless his claims that he is a devout Catholic. His confused witness is a scandal for Catholics who strive to keep the Faith in a society made hostile by the shameful behaviour of the Bidens, Pelosis, Kerrys and others. In a word, Joseph Biden is a charlatan. Where is the honesty, humility and contrition of a Christian? Psalm 11:4-7 | The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven; his eyes behold, his eyelids test, the childr...

Go to confession and daily Mass . Receive Holy Communion on the tongue. Read the Bible: start with the  Gospel of Saint Luke  and the  Acts of the Apostles . Pray the Rosary daily . Ask Mary to pray that you may acquire a deep reverence for the Holy Eucharist. Surround yourself with faithful Catholics who take your salvation seriously. Take your own salvation seriously. Practice the  Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy . Model your life on the saints and encourage others to draw closer to Jesus Christ. Stop reading the National Catholic Reporter. Start reading the National Catholic Register and The Catholic Thing . and... trust in Jesus always!

[ 6 minute read ] Mean-spirited name calling is a cheap retaliatory ploy that exposes the indecent character of the utterer. What does a faithful Catholic do when a supreme pontiff resorts to name calling and to making derisive comments undeserved by those he has vaguely targeted? You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also; and if any one would sue you and take your coat, let him have your cloak as well. - St Matthew 5:38-40 True - there are times when we must tell it like it is, levelling correction in no uncertain terms with precision and appropriate charitable vigor for the good of souls. And... there are times when silence is the prudent option. What about a priest or a bishop or a pope who tends to splatter his words with diarrhetic force instead of engaging in constructive measured exchanges? Deliver me, O Lord, from evil me...

The following meditation was prepared for our Ordinariate  community's online News Notes for the Second Sunday of Lent. A Meditation on The General Confession in the Penitential Rite of Divine Worship ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, maker of all things, judge of all men: God is all-knowing, all-seeing. We acknowledge His sovereignty over our lives. He is Lord; He is loving Father. He knows the full content and orientation of our hearts. What might cause us to recoil in horror - and so we should when confronted with our sins - is trumped by God's mercy. God does not lie to us about the condition of our souls. He wants us to be truly free so that we may love truly. A proper and detailed examination of conscience (e.g., made in the pew facing the Blessed Sacrament) invites God the Holy Spirit to help us see clearly those areas of our life that contradict the will of God (St. John 8:32). We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we from ...