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How many apparitions of Mary have been approved?
Of the over 500 Marian apparitions recorded, only a fraction, namely 14, can be verified by the Church authorities. http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/abbott/100310Read more
Did Cain have brothers and sisters?
Question: In Genesis 4:14 why did Cain say anyone can kill me on sight if there were only his parents alive at the same time?
Answer: Genesis 5:4 tells us that during Adam's long lifetime...Read more
I WROTE THIS ARTICLE IN 1998, BUT ITS STILL RELEVANT BECAUSE I JUST SAW THE SAME ARTICLE POSTED BY THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST IN USA TODAY, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2017. WHAT I WROTE IN 1998 ABOUT THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST STILL APPLIES TODAY.
The subject that I will write about is the blatant anti-Catholicism in America. Their are anti-Catholic Activist Organizations, anti-Catholicism in the arts, anti-Catholicism in the business, in the workplace, in education, in government, in television, in radio and in...Read more
Daily Reflections with
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
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Christ and the Spirit
The descent of the Holy Spirit on our Lord in the Jordan had a double effect. First, it prepared Him for combat, for battle. This is what the gospel states: “Jesus returned from the Jordan full of the Holy Spirit and by the Spirit He was led out into the wilderness where He remained forty days, tempted by the devil.” Just as soon as He received the Holy Spirit, He entered into the battlefield, into the conflict with Satan, who offered Him the three easy ways from the cross. The Holy Spirit did something else. The Spirit not only prepared Jesus for combat, but also prepared Him for preaching the kingdom of God. When our Lord, therefore, appeared at Nazareth, He said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; He has anointed me, sent me out to preach the gospel to the poor, to restore the broken-hearted, to bid the prisoners go free, and the blind to have sight, to set the oppressed at liberty, to proclaim a year when men find acceptance in the Lord.” Now after our Lord had received the Spirit and fulfilled these two missions, He instituted a sacrament, the sacrament of confirmation, by which this power and energy and strength of being a soldier of Christ and witness to Christ and the kingdom of God passes into our souls.