Offered first for your perusal is a short documentary about the effects of the legalization of so-called physician assisted suicide entitled Compassion and Choice DENIED. Written and directed by Jennifer Lahl and posted on...
Our ability to do good is paralyzed if we do not deny ourselves. Praying is a great example of self-denial. Our sensual nature is opposed to prayer – it does not please the softness...
November, the month of the Poor Souls, is upon us! A Catholic Life provides a brief history of the celebration of All Souls’ Day and of praying for the dead. Included are the details...
Those who are prideful practice virtue only for worldly esteem. God rewards such virtues only with the good things of this world. These are good only in appearance in as much as they are...
It is so very easy to become distracted by this world. But we are called to be in the world, not of the world… and yet, politics, sports, social media, and technology have become...
In today’s constantly connected, overly informed world of smartphones, touchscreens, and WIFI, silence can be extraordinarily elusive. What’s more, many find it uncomfortable or even anxiety provoking. But without silence there can be neither...
This episode continues with Royo Marín’s Theology of Christian Perfection on Mysticism and Christian Perfection. “The essential constitutive of mysticism is the actuation of the gifts of the Holy Ghost in the divine or superhuman...
A Complete Catechism of the Catholic Religion by Father Joseph Deharbe, S.J. was originally written in German, was very popular in the 19th century, and was translated into English. Bishop Donald Sanborn finds the Deharbe...
We welcome back Father Stephen McKenna to From the Pulpit. All the martyrs throughout history loved God and His Church more than their own lives. By giving their own lives, they imitated Christ as...
The spiritual life, the effect of the grace of God, seeks to transform the soul from a spiritual death to a life of union with God. The soul accomplishes this transformation by the infusion...
