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THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH
Throughout American history, church leaders have spoken out on the vital moral issues of the day, whether it be slavery, civil rights, or in defense of the family and the dignity of human life. One of the enduring lessons the...Read more
ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord” (Ps 33:12). What is the relationship between politics and the Catholic religion? Politics is just the caboose; the engine is objective truth which is based on the Catholic religion. They cannot...Read more
PRELIMNARY THOUGHTS ON THE BOMBING OF IRAN
As a disciple of Christ and a proud American who voted for Trump 3 times, always putting America first, I am course correcting myself. Initially I said, I don't fully trust Benjamin Netanyahu or Israel's heavy hand in pulling strings...Read more
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Daily Reflections with
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Below, you'll discover a daily reflection, taken from this incredible bishop.
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JUST COME DOWN FROM THE CROSS
Avoiding the cross is the essence of the demonic. When finally our Lord was on the cross, Satan had one last chance to be anti-crucial. Through his agents he challenged the Lord, 'Come down and we will believe.' Believe? Sure. In what? The Trinity? Yeah, sure. In the hypostatic union? Yes. That he's the Son of God? Yes. That he made Peter the rock of his Church? Certainly. That he will send the Spirit? Sure. That he will rise from the dead? Sure. Anything-just come down and we will believe. Jesus did not come down. Had he come down, he never would have saved us. It's human to come down. It's divine to hang there. Consider the softness of the Church today: the desire to accommodate herself in the world, shrinking away from sacrifice, self-denial. We have today in the Christian world a new dirty word, but it doesn't have four letters. The new dirty word has five: c-r-o-s-s. Christ without the cross? Sure--anyone will accept that.
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