BB asks: “I understand there’s another Black Mass being held in Kansas soon. Can you explain what a Black Mass is and why it is considered so blasphemous?”
March 18
"This world and the world to come are two enemies. We cannot therefore be friends to both; but we must decide which we will forsake and which we will enjoy."
-Pope St. Clement I
March 17
"I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors' defects-not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues."
-St. Thérèse of Lisieux
We have received mail from several people recently who were concerned about becoming involved in an internet scheme known as the “The Gift” which offers three (some say five) angels into the home for five days upon certain conditions. When word got out that these “angels” were beings channeled by a German medium named Irma, people who fell for this dangerous prank understandably were thrown into a state of panic.
March 16
“If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.”
-St. Augustine
March 15
“You must remember to love people and use things, rather than to love things and use people.”
-Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
The Crucifixion of St. Peter (painting by Peter Paul Rubens - 1577-1640).We recently had a question from a caller during our Wacky Wednesday radio show asking about the meaning of the upside-down cross. Is this symbol blasphemous?
March 13
“We do not become perfect by the multiplication of exercises, penances, and austerities, but rather by the purity of love with which we do them.”
-St. Francis de Sales
March 12
"Our only desire and our one choice should be this: I want and I choose what better leads to God's deepening life in me."
-St. Ignatius Loyola
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