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May 2020
Last Sunday, I introduced the subject of divorce as a sin against social justice. Divorce goes directly against the explicit teaching of Jesus Christ, rooted in the original creation of man, male and female. In answer to the Pharisees’ question about divorce, which was tolerated by the law of Moses, Jesus replied: Have you not read that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female? And he said, ‘For this reason shall a man leave father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the two shall......
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September 29, 2017
Lucia dos Santos: Part II (Witness of Fatima)
Last week I provided EWTN’s short summary of the life of Lucia dos Santos, the eldest of the seers of Fatima and the only to live into adulthood, indeed she lived to be almost 98...
September 13, 2017
St. Francisco Marto of Fatima
The last two weeks I wrote about the youngest of the seers of Fatima, St. Jacinta Marto. This week I turn to her older brother St. Francisco Marto. He was born 11 June 1908, the...
August 11, 2017
The offenses of those who directly outrage the Virgin in her holy images -Part II
Today I continue on the theme of the offenses of those who directly outrage the Virgin in her holy images by considering a bit more in depth the culture of ugliness that surrounds us in...
July 30, 2017
Blasphemy of fostering contempt for the Virgin Mary in the hearts of children II
Last week I wrote about the blasphemy who seek openly to foster in the hearts of children indifference or contempt or even hatred for the Immaculate Mother and its origin. This week I will write...
July 06, 2017
Blasphemies against the Motherhood of Mary I
It seems that almost daily we encounter in the news many and varied symptoms of a widespread and unprecedented social breakdown that has been developing for some time now. Had we the vision of the...
June 30, 2017
Blasphemies Against Perpetual Virginity II
Today I continue with my treatment of Mary’s perpetual virginity and the blasphemies directed against it. The sign of Mary’s perpetual virginity, revealed in Scripture as interpreted by tradition, is God’s appearance to Moses in...
June 15, 2017
Blasphemy Against Immaculate Conception
Last week I introduced the subject of the five blasphemies against the Immaculate Heart of Mary and explained the meaning of the forgotten sin of blasphemy. This week it is now time to turn my...
June 09, 2017
The Concept of Blasphemy
Last week, I summarized the message of Fatima by referring to what has been called “The Peace Plan from Heaven”. The last point in this “four-point” peace plan was the communions of reparation on five...