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Human Dignity, the Moral Law, and Mandated Vaccinations

August 29, 2021 by Deacon Frederick Bartels 1 Comment

The Word made Flesh, Jesus Christ, Joy In Truth

Whatever you might think about the Covid 19 vaccines, forcing or coercing people to receive them against their will is a violation of human dignity.

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Saint Monica and The Gift of Prayer

August 27, 2021 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

St. Monica and St. Augustine

St. Monica: “Son, as far as I am concerned, nothing in this life now gives me any pleasure. I do not know why I am still here, since I have no further hopes in this world.”

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The Eucharist is Christ: All Else in Life is Expendable

August 23, 2021 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

Last Supper

The American novelist Flannery O’Connor once commented about how the Eucharist was the center of her existence. “All the rest of life is expendable,” she said. If we plumb the depths of the Eucharist in faith, we are met with the fact that we cannot live without it.

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The Assumption of Mary

August 15, 2021 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

Assumption of the Virgin Mary

The Assumption of Mary is important for Christians because it is true; it is a matter of divine revelation and the history of God’s people. As such, it is the belief of the Church. Further, it is important because the Church, as well as all other Christians who die in the friendship of God, is destined to follow Mary’s path of assumption into the heavenly realm.

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The Eucharist: It’s More Than Just A Meal

August 2, 2021 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

The Eucharist, Holy Communion

Each Sunday millions of Catholics gather the world over to celebrate an event of cosmic proportions: an event in which the meaning of time itself unfolds; an event of incomparable joy in which the eschatological dimension of man’s existence is encountered, and on which the foundation of hope and joy held in every Christian heart is based.

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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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