The month of the Most Holy Rosary
The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. According to an account by fifteenth-century Dominican, Alan de la Roch, Mary appeared to St. Dominic in 1206 after he had been praying and doing severe penances because of his lack of success in combating the Albigensian heresy. Mary praised him for his valiant fight against the heretics and then gave him the Rosary as a mighty weapon, explained its uses and efficacy, and told him to preach it to others. Since that time
Living in the present
In the time of the Prophet Ezekiel the Israelites were not pleased with God’s way of judgment. They claimed that God’s way of dealing with people was “not fair”. Israelites presumed that God judges the way we judge. But the more they observed the world they realized that God’s judgment is different from ours, so much so that it even seemed unfair in their eyes. The Israelites looked at judgment in terms of a scorecard. Those who would score the most points should get the
Love 101 – a woman’s perspective
There’s been further interest in the book Love 101, so we’ve decided to do another printing, having copies available in time for Christmas. 101 reflections are too many to keep in my head; I forget the subject matter of many of them and this got me into a bit of trouble with my oldest sister. I sent her a copy of the book for her birthday in August, and then I found out from our middle sister, that she was none too pleased with one of the pieces – read the Mask Debate and you
Have you been saved?
A preacher approached a stranger on the street: “Mister, have you been saved?” The man replied, “Gosh, I don’t know. I’m a Catholic.” Catholics have a problem with that question. We would give a three-part answer to it: “Yes, I have been saved; I am being saved; and I hope to be saved. I have been saved by the sufferings, death and resurrection of Christ. I am being saved because it’s a lifelong process, and I hope to be saved by the goodness and mercy of God and my faithful