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2015 Feast of the Holy Family

Posted by Bob Herz on 12/27/15

2015 Feast of the Holy Family

Marriage and the family are where faith finds its home and where the Divine Presence lives in the love between husband and wife, parent and child.

What then has changed? Here’s one way of putting it. I wrote a book a few years ... Read More »

The Present Debate

Posted by Bob Herz on 12/16/15

In the present debate about the U.S. government defunding Planned Parenthood we should stick to the following facts: Fully-developed unborn children are being aborted and then dissected for their organs by Planned Parenthood — some of them, apparently, born alive. Planned Parenthood is profiting from the sale of fetal ... Read More »

THE JESSE TREE

Posted by Bob Herz on 11/29/15

THE JESSE TREE The Jesse Tree, with all it symbols, gives us the genealogy or family tree of Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus was a Jew, born of a Jewish virgin named Mary. The Jewish Nation began with Abraham about 2000 years before Christ. Abraham is called the Father of ... Read More »

Feast of Christ the King

Posted by Bob Herz on 11/22/15

There has never been a more divisive figure in all human history than Jesus Christ. He even said Himself, “I have not come to bring peace, but the sword” — meaning division. The desire on the part of a very cringing cowardly saccharine culture is to present Our Lord ... Read More »

THE DEVIL'S DELUSION

Posted by Bob Herz on 11/14/15

Militant atheism is on the rise. Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens have dominated bestseller lists with books denigrating religious belief as dangerous foolishness. And these authors are merely the leading edge of a far larger movement-one that includes a good number of the scientific community. ... Read More »

China Needs More Children — And So Do We

Posted by Bob Herz on 11/08/15

It made front-page headlines around the world when China’s Communist Party announced the end of its notorious one-child policy. Imposed by Chinese dictator Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s, the one-child limit has been ruthlessly enforced with forced abortion, infanticide, sterilization, and heavy fines on families that dared to ... Read More »

Our Beloved Deceased

Posted by Bob Herz on 10/31/15

These parishioners have entered into the fullness of eternal life from:  OCTOBER 31, 2014 TO NOVEMBER 1, 2015  “Remember our brothers and sisters, our relatives and friends, and all those who have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again; bring them and all the departed into the ... Read More »

WORLD SYNOD ON FAMILY

Posted by Bob Herz on 10/25/15

WORLD SYNOD ON FAMILY There’s been a lot of good going on in Rome this month, where the world’s bishops have gathered for a synod on family life at the Vatican. Many synod participants rightfully have called attention to the strong Catholic families in the Church. Despite the difficulties ... Read More »

Monsignor Yennock on Columbus and The New World / The Apostles and The New World - October 18, 2015

Posted by Fr Thomas Ward on 10/19/15

COLUMBUS AND THE NEW WORLD

THE APOSTLES AND THE NEW WORLD

OCTOBER 18, 2015

AS MOST OF THE 50 STATES OBSERVED COLUMBUS DAY LAST MONDAY. AT LEAST NINE CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES OBSERVED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY EVEN THOUGH THE UNITED NATIONS IN 1994 HAD ALREADY ESTABLISHED AUGUST 9 ... Read More »

October — Month of the Rosary

Posted by Bob Herz on 10/18/15

“Go therefore and teach all nations” (Matthew 28:19) “Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it. ” (Psalm 127:1) We must keep our society God-centered. God and religion are the glue that keeps our society and our institutions together. Every so often we must ... Read More »