The Church as Sacrament of Salvation
The Second Vatican Council See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. I…
The Theology of Spiritual Communion
By: Fr. Blake Britton The Church has weathered numerous storms throughout her history. Wars, plagues, famines, persecution…all of these are impressed upon the memory of Mother Church, forming her age-old…
Prayer knocks, Fasting obtains, Mercy receives
By: St. Peter Chrysologus There are three things, my brethren, by which faith stands firm, devotion remains constant, and virtue endures. They are prayer, fasting and mercy. Prayer knocks at…
Almsgiving
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to…
Fasting
By: Fr. Blake Britton Fasting is among the oldest religious practices in the history. For millennia, it has been recognized as a means of achieving virtue. Nowadays, however, in a…
Prayer
During the season of Lent, Mother Church invites us to share in the passion and sacrifice of Christ through three traditional practices: Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving. For the next three…
How to have a Holy Lent?
By: Fr. Blake Britton Lent is about sacrifice. But what does it mean to sacrifice? For many of us, it means to “give something up” or to do something that…
Isaac and Christ
By: Origen Abraham took wood for the burnt offering and placed it upon Isaac his son, and he took fire and a sword in his hands, and together they went…
The Universal Call to Holiness
Vatican II Document on the Church The Church, whose mystery is being set forth by this Sacred Synod, is believed to be indefectibly holy. Indeed Christ, the Son of God,…