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Is St. Paul criticizing Protestants?

In today’s reading, St. Paul teaches about Protestants in his day. Consider just one sentence from 2 Thes...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

The point of Protestantism is?

Since the earliest days of The Church Jesus Founded, some have said to, “Jesus was not right about...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Jesus’ warning to anti-Catholic clergy:

Jesus spoke to the ages. His words two thousand years ago are meant to be understood by people...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Same old excuses for not being Catholic.

John, Cardinal Newman, left the Anglican Church for Catholicism in 1845. His writings are still in print, quietly...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Who are today’s “Scribes” and…

Today’s Gospel Reading concerns the essence of lying phoniness. That awfulness takes human form. Lying phoniness is personified...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Why are many Muslims so prone to violence?

We see daily news reports of Muslim atrocities. People are beheaded. Mass executions take place. Young girls are...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

We have to get past two levels of Judges:

The Bible tells us clearly: We have to get past two levels of judges. The first are His...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

A mystery: who will judge us?

Today’s Gospel Reading, from the last half of Mt. 19: 23-30, contains a mystery we should try to...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Camels can go through the eyes of needles.

Today’s Gospel, Mt 19: 23-30, began Catholic Fundamentalism. Unlike Protestant Fundamentalism, Catholic Fundamentalism takes all of Scripture as...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Better to be a Protestant than worse.

The hardest question: Why are there Protestants? Jesus founded One Church. It has barriers to entry. One barrier...