Pope Francis, the death penalty, and the development of doctrine

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Sebastian Gomes

Pope Francis has just authorized an update to the Church's teaching on the death penalty. Why is the development of doctrine so necessary?

Deacon-structing: Reconciliation part 1

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Deacon Pedro

The whole week between the Feast of the Epiphany and the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord we heard readings from the First Letter of St. John and on the Saturday I heard something that I had never heard before: “If anyone sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, he should […]

The Presentation of Our Lady: An Example to Parents

Friday, November 21, 2014

Salt + Light Media

A Doubly Beautiful Feast On this feast we, as Catholics, commemorate when our Lady dedicated herself to God entirely. One of the best quotes that illustrate the beauty of the presentation of Mary can be found on americancatholic.org. It says, “Even though the feast has no basis in history, it stresses an important truth […]

Deacon-structing: The devil 3

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Deacon Pedro

So far we’ve looked at what the Scriptures and tradition tell us about the “prince of darkness”. But is this whole “devil” thing something of the past? I remember watching the film The Exorcist and thinking that the whole scenario didn’t seem real to me. I don’t think demons sit around behind a tree waiting […]

Quote of the Day – Let us be buried with Christ

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Cheridan Sanders

Let us be buried with Christ by Baptism to rise with him; let us go down with him to be raised with him; and let us rise with him to be glorified with him. Everything that happened to Christ lets us know that, after the bath of water, the Holy Spirit swoops down upon us […]

Quote of the Day – Faith is certain

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Cheridan Sanders

Faith is certain. It is more certain than all human knowledge because it is founded on the very word of God who cannot lie. To be sure, revealed truths can seem obscure to human reason and experience, but “the certainty that the divine light gives is greater than that which the light of natural reason […]

Quote of the Day – Faith is not an isolated act

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Cheridan Sanders

Faith is a personal act – the free response of the human person to the initiative of God who reveals himself. But faith is not an isolated act. No one can believe alone, just as no one can live alone. You have not given yourself faith as you have not given yourself life. The believer […]

Quote of the Day – Proclaim Christ to all nations

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Cheridan Sanders

God “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth”: that is, of Christ Jesus. Christ must be proclaimed to all nations and individuals, so that this revelation may reach to the ends of the earth: God graciously arranged that the things he had once revealed for the salvation […]