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Does Scripture Teach Us to Pray for the Departed, and to Pray to the Saints?
by Joe Heschmeyer
Answer: Yes.
Tag: "Sacred Scripture"
Commentary on the Epistle of St. James
by Rev. Tucker Cordani
James “the brother of the Lord,” was a kinsman of Jesus. James became the first bishop of Jerusalem, a post he held from AD 40 until 62 when he was martyred under the persecution wrought by Herod Agrippa. The urgent work that James accomplished—he was a very productive leader—was to commission the Apostles to evangelize […]
Taking the Bible Seriously
by Kevin M. Tierney
I remember during my dating days wanting to start a Bible study with a girl I was dating. She liked the idea, but asked “which commentary are we going to use in studying the Bible?” Puzzled, I said we wouldn’t be. We would just talk over the phone/in person about various Bible verses, what they […]
Traditionalist, not Utopian
by Kevin M. Tierney
Sometimes I think we traditionalists get far to caught up in the details of this or that crisis in the Church today that we forget why we are fighting. We become very much like the dystopians of the Old Testament. We aren’t fighting to restore some golden age. We are fighting to reach the golden age promised to the faithful in Heaven. If we can use the things of this world and this present age to reach that point, then even better.
Why Francis Proclaimed a Fast
by Kevin M. Tierney
This Saturday Pope Francis called for a day of fasting and prayer for peace, especially for the rapidly escalating (or deteriorating) situation in Syria. Since these days are so seldom proclaimed, they present us a great opportunity to examine fasting in greater detail. In todays age where fasting and penance are almost non-existent (sadly enough […]
A New Pentecost
by Kevin M. Tierney
What Catholics typically call “the First Pentecost” was actually a New Pentecost itself.
Applying Jeremiah to Our Modern Jeremiads
by Kevin M. Tierney
Have you heard about how America is an evil nation, opposed to God, and destined to be judged? Or how about how rotten the majority of the Catholic Church is for its lack of fidelity to the Gospel, and how God will judge them for that?
