Archive for December, 2010
The Solemnity of the Holy Mother of God
“On New Year’s Day, the octave day of Christmas, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Holy Mother of God. The divine and virginal motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a singular salvific event: for Our Lady it was the foretaste [...]
Religious Freedom, The Path to Peace
“At the beginning of the new year I offer good wishes to each and all for serenity and prosperity, but especially for peace. Sadly, the year now ending has again been marked by persecution, discrimination, terrible acts of violence and religious intolerance. My thoughts turn in a special way to the beloved country of Iraq, which continues to be a theatre of violence and strife as it makes its way towards a future of stability and reconciliation [...]“
The Rite
[We're a low budget operation here at CatholicMaine and can't spring the 7 bucks for an actual movie ticket. So, rather than publish a bona fide movie review, we get college students to look at movie trailers and give us their impressions. They do it all for the glory of seeing their words [...]
Silence After Christmas
We take a break from this undisputed ugliness for Christmas, and then, sadly, many later succumb to an even darker post-holiday sorrow, mourning in the wintry silence. But I say this: the Person of Christmas, the One “Whose birth the angels sing”, lives on. So, why don’t you? He was “born that man no more may die” this silent death, which is an [...]
The Holy Father’s Christmas Homily
Dear Brothers and Sisters! “You are my son, this day I have begotten you.” With this passage from Psalm 2 the Church begins the liturgy of this holy night. She knows that this passage originally formed part of the coronation rite of [...]
Biden: Gay ‘Marriage’ Inevitable
This is one of those ‘told you so’ moments. The ink is barely dry on the President’s DADT repeal, and here we have Vice-President Joe Biden predicting the downfall of the “so called” Defense of Marriage Act:
Vice President Biden predicted Friday the evolution in thinking that will permit gays to soon serve openly in [...]
The Real Meaning of Christmas
Linus gets it… “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger [...]
‘Abortion Care’ at Christmas
It is the season of giving, because it began with the greatest gift ever given in the history of the world, two thousand years ago. Almighty God lowered Himself to take on our human form and walk here for a while [...]
The “Apple” Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree…
We cannot make our own way out of this mess we’re in, but God has made it possible for us to be restored. Through what means? Why by sending his only begotten Son, “so that everyone who believes in him might not perish [...]
HRC to Collins: “Thanks!”
Leave it to Maine’s own Susan Collins to snatch a major victory from the jaws of defeat. With only days left in the current “lame duck” session and with the end of the left-leaning 111th Congress in sight, Collins stood firm on her promise to end the military’s moratorium on [...]
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