A recent caller on our Wacky Wednesday radio show asked whether it’s safe for Catholics to eat halal food. The best answer we can give is – it all depends.
In a move that is sure to cause a great deal of debate among the faithful, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) issued a Doctrinal Note today declaring the use of Marian titles such as “Co-Redemptrix” and “Mediatrix” as inappropriate because they “do not favor a correct understanding of Mary’s unique place.”
November 4
"But, as it is written, 'What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him...'"
-1 Corinthians 2:9
At St. Mary's Church in Panama (a Vincentian community since 1912 in the former Canal Zone), we now have both the English-speaking Community and the Spanish-speaking Community. Our priests are fully bilingual and have been with the spirit of St. Vincent de Paul throughout the years.
November 3
Feast of St. Martin de Porres
“Everything, even sweeping, scraping vegetables, weeding a garden and waiting on the sick could be a prayer, if it were offered to God.”
-St. Martin de Porres
November 2
Feast of All Souls
“From the beginning the Church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the Eucharistic sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may attain the beatific vision of God.” -CCC 1032
November 1
Feast of All Saints
"To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints."
-St. Josemaria Escriva
October 31
"I suffered many years from this trial - and it is a very great one - of not being able to quiet the mind in anything."
-St. Teresa of Avila
People often question why we include Norman Vincent Peale and his popular book, The Power of Positive Thinking, into the same category as other New Age-inspired self-help books that Catholics should avoid. Here are a few good reasons for our decision to do so.
October 30
"We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has gone through. I do not think that wide circles of the American society, or wide circles of the Christian community, realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-church, between the Gospel and the anti-gospel. This confrontation lies within the plans of Divine Providence; it is a trial which the whole Church must take up."
-Pope St. John Paul II
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