Tag Archives: Sacred Scripture

St. Joseph Against the Communists

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

By Fr John Zuhlsdorf at OnePeterFive: This year the 1 May observance of the 2nd Sunday after Easter gives way in honor of St. Joseph, whom we venerate among his other many roles and titles as a patron of laborers … Continue reading →

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Sunday Readings and Reflections

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

Sunday, February 27 Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Roman Ordinary calendar St. Leander and St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows Book of Isaiah 49,14-15. Zion said, «The LORD has forsaken me; my LORD has forgotten me.» Can a mother forget her infant, be … Continue reading →

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Sunday Readings and Reflections

Posted on May 16, 2021 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

Sunday, May 16 Seventh Sunday of Easter Roman Ordinary calendar Bl Vladimir Ghika, St Brendan Acts of the Apostles 1,15-17.20a.20c-26. Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers (there was a group of about one hundred and twenty persons in the one … Continue reading →

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Readings and Reflections for the Feast of the Ascension

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

Thursday, May 13 Ascension of the Lord – Solemnity Roman Ordinary calendar Bl. Julian of Norwich Acts of the Apostles 1,1-11. In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught until the day he was taken up, after giving … Continue reading →

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Divine Sense of Humour?

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

Maybe it was Divine Intervention, when during the Angelus on 14th February a powerful gust of wind blew a window tapestry up into Pope Francis’ face, just as he said that “God is the One who contaminates Himself” – perhaps … Continue reading →

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Christ, the Bright Morning Star

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

From Fr George W. Rutler’s Weekly Column Of the many scientific contributions made by priests, including Father Copernicus’s heliocentrism and Father Lemaître’s “Big Bang” theory, some would rank higher the invention of champagne by DomPérignon. Something close to it had already … Continue reading →

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The Homosexual Papacy?

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

Michael Voris at Church Militant: Reports swirled around the internet earlier yesterday that the Pontifical Biblical Commission had given its approval to a reading of Sacred Scripture that approves of homosexual unions. The reports were based on a new 300-page … Continue reading →

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“There are too many people today who think they have a perfect right to reinvent God”

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

by Msgr. Charles Pope Pete Buttiegeg is Wrong – God Still Forbids All Homosexual Acts God does not speak out of both sides of his mouth. Neither should we. In recent remarks, Pete Buttigieg, Democratic presidential candidate and mayor of … Continue reading →

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“Verbum Domini” – selected quotes

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

Benedict XVI’s Letter on 2008 Word of God Synod Here is a selection of quotes from Benedict XVI’s postsynodal apostolic exhortation “Verbum Domini,”(Zenit.org) which was presented on November 11 in the Vatican. The document, which is dated Sept. 30, draws … Continue reading →

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