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Marthas and Marys

Mar 19 13 • Stephanie Gulya • 5 comments

“As they continued their journey he entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left […]

Post-Abortive Mothers Come Back With the Truth

Mar 19 13 • Robert J. Gieb • 0 comments

In the 16th Chapter of the Gospel of St. Luke there is the parable of Lazarus who, hungry and covered with sores, begged for food at the gate of the house of a rich man. Lazarus “longed to eat the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table,” and “even the dogs came and licked […]

The Joy of Mary’s Marriage to Joseph

Mar 19 13 • Sarah Reinhard • 0 comments

Mary and Joseph’s marriage didn’t exactly get off to an easy start. They were engaged and Joseph had promised not to “defile” Mary, because she was a consecrated virgin. He was really only marrying her because, in that day and age, there was no security in being a single woman. And then she turned up […]

A “Catholic Year” Leads to the Catholic Church

Mar 19 13 • Billy Kangas • 0 comments

On February 17, 2013 — the First Sunday of Lent — I was enrolled in the Rite of Election to come into full communion with the Catholic Church. It was not a decision I entered into lightly; after all, as a Protestant minister, this decision amounts to essentially walking away from my career up to […]

Poem: “Tenth Station”

Mar 18 13 • Matthew B. Rose • 0 comments

Tenth Station Good Friday My pretty bird, sing for me. My, what beautiful feathers, What beautiful fetters. I’ll take them off you, And your feathers too. My bird, my worm, dove turned to dirt. Aww, you cry. I’ll wipe your face. The back of my hand cleans that disgrace. Foolish man, you are nothing now. […]

Will I Get Time Off in Purgatory If I Take My Kids to Mass?

Mar 18 13 • Jennifer Rainey • 7 comments

My husband and I have three young boys (Joey – 5, Nicky – 3, Ritchie – 11 months). These kids are my heart and my favorite people on the planet, but they are the reason that we haven’t heard a homily in five years. When Travis and I were expecting Joey, we were blissfully unaware […]

Poem: “Ninth Station”

Mar 17 13 • Matthew B. Rose • 0 comments

Ninth Station Good Friday Why doesn’t he stay there? It’s good for him, the old dusty air. Kings of Kings have trodden here, Holding dear Sacred relics of God and Man, Keeping them hidden, doing what they can to help God. No, this man won’t enjoy the dirt. He will not rest, His loins are […]

Group Marriage is Next, Admits Dutch ‘Father’ of Same-Sex ‘Marriage’

Mar 16 13 • Hilary White • 3 comments

Boris Dittrich, the homosexual activist called the “father” of the political movement in favor of Dutch same-sex “marriage”, has admitted that group marriages of three or more people, is the next, inevitable logical step in the dismantling of the western world’s traditional marriage laws. In a video interview with Yagg, the French online homosexual magazine, […]

Finally a Francis

Mar 15 13 • Johann Christoph Arnold • 1 comment

Congratulations to the former Cardinal Bergoglio of Argentina, who is now Pope Francis. He deserves our best wishes, but even more than that, our prayers. He will have a difficult task in a world that clamors for change, while God’s truth and the gospel never change. I am very happy at the name Cardinal Bergoglio […]

Parenting Teens: Where to Draw the Line

Mar 15 13 • Marybeth Hicks • 0 comments

ANALYSIS/OPINION: Mom-blogger Ursula Hennessey, writing last week at OnTheCulture.com, questioned the lax supervision provided by too many parents of teens. A recent story in her local paper recapped an alarming incident in which nine high school students were found in one of the teen’s garage, drinking beer and setting up for an evening of drinking games. […]

Afflicting the Comfortable

Mar 15 13 • Genevieve Kineke • 6 comments

He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothersor your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, […]

Weekly Wits: 3/15/13

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To Mary

Mar 15 13 • Dr. Robert Moynihan • 0 comments

March 14, 2013, Thursday — To Mary Today Pope Francis, on the first day after his election, did four remarkable things, and did not do a fifth. 1. Mary. At about 8 a.m., he slipped out of the Vatican in a single, unmarked black car — a Volkswagen, not a Mercedes — without an escort, and […]

Poem: “Eighth Station”

Mar 15 13 • Matthew B. Rose • 0 comments

Eighth Station Good Friday Mother, who’s that man? Why is he sighing? Mother, who’s that lady? Why is she crying? Mother, who’s that man? Why is he bleeding? Mother, who are these ladies? Why are they weeping? Why are you weeping? Mother? Mommy? Matthew B. Rose

In Francis, the Catholic Church has a Pope for Life

Mar 15 13 • Steven W. Mosher • 5 comments

Carlos Beltramo also contributed to this article. He is a collection of firsts: the first non-European pope in more than 1,200 years, the first Latin American pope, the first Jesuit pope, and the first pope to call himself Francis. Of the 5,800 journalists who were covering the conclave, none came even close to predicting the […]

Pope Francis, Mary and the Urbi et Orbi

Mar 15 13 • Fr. Edward Looney • 1 comment

Pope Francis in his initial remarks following his papal election led those gathered at the Vatican and those watching on television or online, and listening via radio in a prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, asking the Lord to bless him and Our Lady to protect him. The prayers he led were traditional prayers, the […]

Francis: Soldier and Pastor

Mar 14 13 • Carlos Caso-Rosendi • 5 comments

It was a nice sunny day in Buenos Aires, but a little cold for the season since it is still summer here down under. I told many friends the night before that I was expecting the Pope to be elected on the 13th since that day of the month was chosen by Our Blessed Mother […]

Pope Francis’ First Catechesis

Mar 14 13 • Genevieve Kineke • 0 comments

Like the rest of the world, I sat stunned by the revelation that our new Holy Father was almost completely unknown. We didn’t recognize the name; we scrambled for reference points; we watched transfixed as an older man was brought out on the loggia to meet his spiritual children. He also looked somewhat stunned, standing […]

GOP Elites and the Abolition of Marriage

Mar 14 13 • Jeffrey Lord • 1 comment

Well, this is helpful. A clutch of Republican elites have run to the Supreme Court demanding the judiciary shut off debate on gay marriage. The story has predictably been front page news at the New York Times and in the world of the liberal media, the Times leading with this: More than two dozen Republicans […]

Needed This St. Patrick’s Day: Ronald Reagan

Mar 14 13 • Tom Purcell • 0 comments

“To follow you we were content, and grateful for the way we went.”

Catholic Lane Announces New Editor-in-Chief

Mar 14 13 • Catholic Lane Administrator • 6 comments

Catholic Lane is pleased to announce the appointment of Chelsea Zimmerman as the new editor-in-chief. Chelsea will replace former editor-in-chief and Catholic Lane founding editor Mary Kochan. Mary will remain at Catholic Lane as editor-at-large. Chelsea is a former board member of Missouri Right to Life. She has been managing the Life Issues and Bioethics […]

Pro-life Leaders Say Pope Francis Will Inspire the World to ‘Promote the Culture of Life’

Mar 14 13 • Ben Johnson • 0 comments

Members of the pro-life and pro-family community say they are overjoyed at the selection of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as the new Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. As LifeSiteNews reported in 2007, the new pope, Francis, has called abortion the “death penalty” for the unborn. He has also taken a strong stance in favor of […]

The Baptismal Priesthood

Mar 14 13 • Kevin M. Tierney • 0 comments

A very wise priest is fond of starting all his discussions on the sacraments with the following fundamental truth. When teaching on the sacraments, we must remember that nobody encounters God without being fundamentally changed. In the Old Testament the names of individuals were changed. Moses’ face became as bright as the sun, and Elijah […]

Making Time for the Good Things

Mar 14 13 • Andrew Haines • 0 comments

It’s easy, as a dad, to come up with all sorts of reasons why spending time on work is a top priority. We can easily forget that one of the primary purposes of work is to ensure health and well-being for our families. And we can wind up allowing the goodness and excitement of work […]