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Deacon Frederick Bartels

Turn The Other Cheek and The Virtue of Charity

February 23, 2020 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

Jesus' Sermon on the Mount

Turn the other cheek? Offer no resistance to one who is evil? What do these commands of our Lord Jesus Christ mean? And how are they tied to holiness and the virtue of charity?

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Persevering In the Faith and Receiving the Crown of Life

February 17, 2020 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

theological virtue of faith

Persevering in the faith requires that it be tested. You must prove your mettle before God who allows you to be perfected in the fires of trails and difficulties that you may win the crown of life.

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The Commandments: Gifts of Love for The Sake of Love

February 16, 2020 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

Christ and the rich young man

Presently, we live in an anti-law, exaggerated-freedom culture. What do I mean by this? It’s not so much that we Americans see civil or criminal law as a problem, rather it’s that many Americans are often dismissive of the moral law, and view it as an oppressive, burdensome freedom-killer.

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Does Forgiving Mean Forgetting?

February 12, 2020 by Deacon Frederick Bartels 1 Comment

Parable of the Wicked Servant

Forgiveness of others is required of all who bear the name of Jesus. Those who refuse, cannot be associated with Christ, for in doing so they also refuse to extend compassion as their Master has extended it to them. In order to forgive others, it is necessary to will it as Christ himself willed to die on the cross for our sake.

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Democrat Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg Supports Abortion and Moral Relativism

February 7, 2020 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

abortion, Pete Buttigieg

Democrat presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, appeared yesterday on the leftist talk show, The View. Buttigieg opened in response to a question from Sunny Hostin saying, “I would be the most progressive president we’ve had in a half-century.”

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