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Deacon Keith Fournier

Feast of the Holy Innocents: Say ‘NO’ to Legalized Abortion

December 28, 2023 by Deacon Keith Fournier Leave a Comment

Holy Innocents

On December 28th in the Octave of Christmas we commemorate the Feast of the Holy Innocents. The readings for the Liturgy remind us of the nature of evil: it hates life!

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The Deacon Saint Stephen the Proto-Martyr

December 26, 2023 by Deacon Keith Fournier Leave a Comment

St. Stephen

In the Catholic Church, Christmas is celebrated for eight days (Octave, from the Latin Octava) and opens up into a wonderful liturgical season of Christmas. On this second day of the Octave of Christmas we commemorate the great Proto-Martyr (First Martyr) of the Church, St. Stephen, the Deacon.

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Go and Sin No More: Set Free by the Sacrament of Confession

December 12, 2023 by Deacon Keith Fournier Leave a Comment

Confession

In the last chapter of his Autobiography, entitled “The Man with a Golden Key”, GK Chesterton wrote: “When people ask me, or indeed anybody else, “Why did you join the Church of Rome?” the first essential answer, if it is partly an elliptical answer, is, “To get rid of my sins.”

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The Lord’s Day: A Weekly Return to Easter

November 13, 2023 by Deacon Keith Fournier Leave a Comment

the resurrection

The Lord’s Day — as Sunday was called from Apostolic times — has always been accorded special attention in the history of the Church because of its close connection with the very core of the Christian mystery.

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OPINION: Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?

October 25, 2023 by Deacon Keith Fournier Leave a Comment

All Hallows Eve

Like many Catholics and other Christians I am aware that the contemporary celebration of Halloween, with its undue influence on goblins, ghosts and the demonic, reflects the waning influence of the Christian worldview in the West.

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