“You can’t get out of your duty to evangelize by saying witness ruins art. It simply doesn’t.” – John-Mark Miravale Sharing Our faith Why do we hesitate to share our faith? After all we have been sent out into the world to do just that. When this question is askedContinue Reading
“A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder” -Thomas Carlyle Adventures in Wonderland In Lewis Carroll’s, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” Alice is wandering in an unfamiliar forest when she meets the Cheshire Cat. “Would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here?”Continue Reading
“The Catholic Church in Korea stands as an example of man’s need for God,” The Korean Exception As Christians we are called to evangelization. We have been given the mission to spread the Gospel, the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ. To that end Christian missionaries have traveled throughoutContinue Reading
We have a God who chose to lead us by example Why would Jesus insist that John the Baptist baptize Him? John preached a baptism of repentance, for the forgiveness of sins. Jesus, being God, had no sin to repent. Yet when John tried to argue that it was JesusContinue Reading
“The more we read about the lives of the saints the more we come to realize how ordinary they really were.” God does not make things easy for His saints. By saints, I mean each and every one of us, for we are all called to sainthood, we are allContinue Reading
“The right which the Church has from Christ himself, to teach mankind, to make laws, to govern peoples in all that pertains to their eternal salvation, that right was denied.” Defining Church Teaching It is a common misconception, that the faithful do not hold a belief universally until it isContinue Reading
Commission for Saint Francis of Assisi. Commission an original work of art for a birthday, confirmation, Christmas or other special occasion, contact Deacon Lawrence here. Continue Reading
“Humility doesn’t mean that we should sit around and do nothing, it simply means that we should remember that we are not God” The Humility of a King King Canute was once ruler of England. The members of his court were continually full of flattery. “You are the greatest manContinue Reading
“it did not come without cost. Eleven of the twelve apostles were martyred. They were followed by countless others through the centuries” Saint Edmund Campion Sometime around the year 1578, a man presented himself to the rector of the English College in Rome. The man gave his credentials and lineage,Continue Reading