The virtue of faith means to possess “the theological virtue by which we believe in God and believe all that He has said and revealed to us, and that Holy Church proposes for our belief, because He is truth itself”
The Role of the Laity
“The greatest untapped reservoir of spiritual power in the Church today is in the Laity” (Fulton Sheen). The Christian laity is the point of contact between the secular and the sacred, between the “this worldly” of everyday life, and the
Redemptive Suffering
An interviewer once asked St Teresa of Calcutta, “Why did God permit pain”? Mother Teresa answered “To give us the opportunity to share in the Passion of Christ… as Jesus went through all His Passion, for love of us… and
The Mystery Of Christ’s Redemption
When we sin against God, we incur an infinite debt. It is infinite because our offense is committed against an infinite being, God. Man, who is finite, cannot pay an infinite debt, yet it is man who owes that debt
The Law of Transformation
In creation, there is a law of transformation, in which what exists in a lower order, dies to itself so that it may be raised to a higher order of life. We see this in nature. Within the earth’s soil,
The Act of Prayer
Prayer is the lifting up of the mind and heart to God. Prayer is a dialogue. It is a meeting of personalities. The practice of prayer is a virtue and is the principle means by which we obtain God’s grace.
The Sacramentals
Each time we enter a church, we bless ourselves with holy water. Holy water is a sacramental. It is one of the many we use in the practice of our Catholic faith. Sacramentals are visible signs used to give invisible
The Day I Met Mother Teresa
In 1976 I went on a field trip to Ft. Worth with my 8th grade class from St. Cecelia Catholic School. I was 14 years old. We visited the Botanical Gardens, the zoo and other sights that day. The day
Total Consecration to Mary
The crown of Marian devotion is Consecration to Mary. It is a devotion promoted by St. Louis de Montfort and adopted and recommended by several popes, including St. John Paul II, whose apostolic motto was the Marian “Totus Tuus” (completely
Devotion to Mary – Part 3
In the natural order of our humanity, Mary is the mother of Jesus. In the supernatural order of His divinity, Jesus is the Son of God. Jesus is a divine person with two natures, a divine nature as Son of