Making the Case for Fraternal Correction
People are sensitive to correction, and usually, being corrected brings with it a feeling of inadequacy, resentment, anger, distrust, or any one of countless other negative emotions. In a world where the worst thing that one person can do to another is to offend them, we are forced to tip-toe around topics of potential conflict, especially when it ...
07 25 2018
Let’s Fast and Pray on Fridays to Protect Life
A gaping hole has emerged in Catholic life with the disappearance of the Friday penance. The Catechism (§1438) and the Code of Canon Law teach us that every Friday is a day of penance in honor of Our Lord’s Passion (unless a solemnity falls on that day). The US Bishops in 1966 did not abolishthe Friday penance, but merely stated that the oblig...
05 24 2018