If you pay attention to the news, you’ve probably heard something about Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s comments about women’s health care and abortion. Now, depending on where you watch or read your news, you’ve probably have heard a staunch defense of Mr. Northam or some form of outrage from his comments. In this article, I want to focus on a few things he said and I want to do so intentionally, without any arguments from emotion, and from a Catholic perspective.
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The Innkeeper: An Advent Reflection
Knock knock. The sound echoes in your house as you are sitting with your family around a table trying to eat a meal. This is not the first knock at your door today. You sit there, hoping that whoever it was will go away when you don’t answer the door. You wait. Knock knock. YouContinue reading “The Innkeeper: An Advent Reflection”
Jesus Christ: King of the Universe
This past Sunday was the feast of Christ the King, and I was talking with some friends of mine about the lack of artwork depicting our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as such. The best example I can think of is at the Vatican. Lining the top of St. Peter’s Square are statues of theContinue reading “Jesus Christ: King of the Universe”
On Catholics and Peace: The Bomb
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On Catholics and Peace: After the Great War
EPIC RADIO HAS THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE AN FM RADIO STATION IN WAKE FOREST. HELP US GET IT ON THE AIR! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO. Continuing on from my post on St. Augustine, we move forward in time to after the Great War, the war that was supposedly to end all wars. AfterContinue reading “On Catholics and Peace: After the Great War”
Abuse Within the Church
EPIC RADIO HAS THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE AN FM RADIO STATION IN WAKE FOREST. HELP US GET IT ON THE AIR! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO. By now, most people have probably heard of the sexual abuse court cases regarding the Catholic Church. There are no words to describe how sorry we the members ofContinue reading “Abuse Within the Church”
St. John Paul II, Poland, and Encountering Saints
Image from Wikimedia Commons. JPII at Old Yankee Stadium in NY, 1979. EPIC Radio has the unique opportunity to acquire an FM radio station in Wake Forest. Help us get it on the air! Click here for more info. “Each man in all the unrepeatable reality of what he is and what he does, ofContinue reading “St. John Paul II, Poland, and Encountering Saints”
Denying Ourselves
When we were baptized, we died to our old selves and were reborn in Christ. Teresa Pillifant explains what it means to die to ourselves.
An Independence Day Message
Yes, this is another post on how the “dogma should live loudly from within you.” But first, I want to tell you about our new podcast, In the Apostles’ Doctrine with Matthew Pope. Acts 2:42 says, “They spent their time in learning from the apostles, taking part in the fellowship, and sharing in the fellowshipContinue reading “An Independence Day Message”
Bringing God Into Our Daily Lives
My day often consists of prayer, classes, work, talking to friends, meals, and homework. With so much going, it is easy for me to compartmentalize my day so that each task is separate from the next. Nothing is wrong with this, except for when I compartmentalize God and my prayer to specific times of day.Continue reading “Bringing God Into Our Daily Lives”
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