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An Advent Story: A Man Who Loved Christ to Tears

An Advent Story: A Man Who Loved Christ to Tears

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

After a long pause, John told me about a terrible fire-fight he’d experienced in the war. He didn’t describe any of the details. There was no talk of blood or bombs or bullets or shredded bodies. What he did say, is the Lord had saved him. And he didn’t know why.

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Advent and homesickness

Advent and Homesickness

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

I’m sure you’re familiar with homesickness. Perhaps you, like me, feel a little homesick right now. Perhaps you, like me, feel as if you’re never really home, no matter where you go, no matter where you live.

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Voting as a Catholic Under the Rule of Christ the King

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

Voting as a Catholic means supporting political candidates who best harmonize with the teaching of the Church on faith and morals. That means voting consistently pro-life in opposition to the intrinsic evil of abortion. Candidates who support abortion cannot normally receive our support. As an intrinsic evil, abortion is a non-negotiable. As Pope St. John Paul II noted, the right to life must be “defended with maximum determination.”

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Celebrating Thanksgiving and Remembering Why We’re Able to Be Thankful

By Donna Caito

Celebrating Thanksgiving should call to mind the many blessings Christ has bestowed upon us. However, many of the blessings we’ve enjoyed in the past are at risk. We can no longer sit idly by and watch.

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The Sacrament of Marriage from a Single Layperson Point of View

By Donna Caito

Through prayerful consideration, a lot of talks with God and with my priest, I’ve concluded marriage is not something I’m called to do. Just like the seminarian who sat in front of the camera with tears in his eyes and heartbreak on his face, I sit writing this article knowing today, tomorrow, in a year, ten, twenty, I will not be married.

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Exorcists Recommend Day of Prayer and Fasting In Reparation for Evils at Amazon Synod

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

Exorcists recommend a day of reparation “for the purpose of driving out any diabolic influence within the Church that has been gained as a result of recent events” at the Amazon Synod.

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Sr. Agnes Sasagawa of Akita Receives Private Revelation on October 6, 2019

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

Sr. Agnes Sasagawa received a private revelation, apparently from her guardian angel, on October 6, 2019—the very day the Amazon Synod opened.

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Joe Biden Is Denied Holy Communion

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden was recently denied Holy Communion by Fr. Robert Morey for obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin. Thank God for this holy priest who was courageous enough to do the right thing.

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St. Charles Borromeo: True Reformer of the Church

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

Saint Charles Borromeo was a true reformer of the Church. Growing up during the time of the Protestant Revolution in the 16th century, he was present at the Council of Trent and tirelessly labored to promote moral formation and religious education in his diocese.

Red-eye Reflection On Purgatory and Grace

By Suellen Dusek

This morning the dome of heaven is swaddled in heavy, gray clouds, but the air is light and crisp and paper-thin, like the translucent veil which divides the Church Militant from the Church Suffering.

All Saints: Why are the saints important in our everyday lives?

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

The saints are models of human excellence, perfected by the life of Christ and the communication of his Spirit. They demonstrate by their lives how to really live and how to really die. They consistently point to the horizon of love which leads to the fulfillment of all human desire: eternal communion with the Holy Trinity.

Living And Dying Catholic: ‘I Have Finished The Race. I Have Kept The Faith’

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

Living and dying Catholic means running the race with dedication, as did St. Paul, displaying an ardent desire to boldly proclaim the gospel and the faith of the one, true Church—even if it means death.

St. John Paul II and his Message of Mercy Continue to Light the World

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

St. John Paul II, through his love for Jesus, and through his love for Mary whose “fiat” brought Mercy into the world, will be remembered as a humble and living image of what we all seek. His words, his careful and masterful teaching of the mysteries of Christ’s life, will continue to echo in our hearts and lives.

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Jesus Christ meets the man of every age, including our own, with the same words: “You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” These words contain both a fundamental requirement and a warning: the requirement of an honest relationship with regard to truth as a condition for authentic freedom, and the warning to avoid every kind of illusory freedom, every superficial unilateral freedom, every freedom that fails to enter into the whole truth about man and the world.  (Redemptor Hominis No. 12)

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