Evolution of the Kingdom of Darkness

How does the enemy reign? How does his kingdom spread? How is he preached, who are his apostles and what is his gospel? Simply put, he reigns when his preaching is accepted as valid, reasonable, and good (or at least fun i.e. for those (especially Christians) who cannot fully accept his teachings in principle). His kingdom is spread through the...

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URBI ET ORBI MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI CHRISTMAS 2012

“Veritas de terra orta est!” – “Truth has sprung out of the earth” (Ps 85:12). Dear brothers and sisters in Rome and throughout the world, a happy Christmas to you and your families! In this Year of Faith, I express my Christmas greetings and good wishes in these words taken from one of the Psalms: “Truth has sprung out of the earth”. Actually,...

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Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord; HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Saint Peter's Basilica

Dear Brothers and Sisters! Again and again the beauty of this Gospel touches our hearts: a beauty that is the splendour of truth. Again and again it astonishes us that God makes himself a child so that we may love him, so that we may dare to love him, and as a child trustingly lets himself be taken into our arms. It is as if God were saying:...

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Pope's Christmas Message

Addressing the Christians gathered at the Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Benedict XVI lamented the bloodshed and conflict rife in different parts of the world and urged the devotees to find “time and space” for the Almighty. In his message to the Christians on Christmas eve, Pope urged people to squeeze time out of their fast-paced lives...

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What is Contemplation?

Thomas Merton What is Contemplation?  From New Seeds of Contemplation, Thomas Merton (Burns and Oates,1999)  Contemplation is the highest expression of our intellectual and spiritual life. Itis that life itself, fully awake, fully active, fully aware that it is alive. It is spiritualwonder. It is spontaneous awe at the sacredness...

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VISIT TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

By this devotional practice, which is of comparatively modern development, the presence of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Eucharist is regarded in the same light and honoured with the same ceremonial observance as would be paid to a sovereign who favoured any place in his dominions by taking up his abode there. The conception is...

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INFALLIBILITY

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