by lambert | May 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
We are still in the highs of Easter as we enter the third week of Easter. It is the Resurrection: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! One of the best messages I heard on Easter is Pope Francis’ beautiful Easter vigil homily in which he invited us Catholics to: “Return to...
by lambert | Jan 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
On the last day of the Christmas Octave (eighth day after Christmas), which happens to be the first day of the calendar year, the Church invites us to celebrate Mary as mother of God. This celebration highlights one of the four Marian dogmas with the others being the...
by lambert | Dec 14, 2012 | Religion
Last October, Pope Benedict XVI officially launched the Year of the faith – a year in which Catholics are challenged to a “New Evangelization.” For some of us, it simply means a return to doctrine class. Truth be told, for many of us doctrine beyond the preparatory...
by lambert | May 31, 2011 | Religion
One of the first and obvious criticisms often leveled against Catholics is their devotion to Mary. Catholics are accused of deifying Mary. Some think of Mary as a Catholic goddess given the titles accorded her, statues erected in her honor and the slavish attachment...