Taking Christ out of Christmas TV Shows and Movies

Posted on 12 December 2015 by Ron Conte

Many TV shows offer special holiday themed episodes. Three holidays are most often highlighted are Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. What I find interesting is how different shows handle their Christmas-themed episode. Most present the holiday only in its secular elements. … Continue reading →

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Michael Voris versus Sacred Heart Major Seminary

Posted on 11 December 2015 by Ron Conte

An unfair presentation of the controversy is found over at Patheos blog: A CORRECTION to Michael Voris’ Slanderous Post re. Sacred Heart Seminary. In a video, Voris accuses the seminary of admitting gay men to the seminary. He also suggests … Continue reading →

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Vatican: Jews Can Go to Heaven without converting

Posted on 11 December 2015 by Ron Conte

The Holy See’s Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews has released a new document: The Gifts and Calling of God are Irrevocable. This document suggests that Jews can be saved without converting to Christianity. I agree. The Church has … Continue reading →

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The Last Supper was the First Mass and Eucharist

Posted on 9 December 2015 by Ron Conte

Over at Vox Nova, Fr. Nathan O’Halloran, S.J., rejects the teaching of the Magisterium that the Last Supper was the first Mass and first Eucharist: Why the Last Supper was not the First Mass. He claims: “It would only lead … Continue reading →

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Was the Eucharist at the Last Supper the Glorified Body of Jesus?

Posted on 9 December 2015 by Ron Conte

The most holy Eucharist is the full and real presence of Jesus Christ (body, blood, soul, Divinity) under the accidents of bread and wine. In this article, I discuss whether the Eucharist at the Last Supper was the glorified body … Continue reading →

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Bible Readings Week 39

Posted on 6 December 2015 by Ron Conte

For this week: read 1 Timothy 1-5.

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Sacred Scripture on Chastity: The Epistles

Posted on 6 December 2015 by Ron Conte

Select verses from the Epistles of the New Testament which explicitly or implicitly teach us about the virtue of chastity, including chastity in marriage. [Romans] {1:25} And they exchanged the truth of God for a lie. And they worshipped and … Continue reading →

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The Indelible Characters given in Baptism, Confirmation, Orders

Posted on 5 December 2015 by Ron Conte

Three and only three of the Sacraments each imprints on the soul an indelible character, which is never removed. Neither great sin, nor great virtues, nor sincere prayer, nor apostasy, heresy, or schism, nor even condemnation to Hell can ever … Continue reading →

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What are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?

Posted on 4 December 2015 by Ron Conte

The so-called “four horsemen” are a figure in the Bible, representing four sets of terrible events at the start of the apocalypse, also termed the tribulation or the end times. The word “apocalypse” is Greek for “revelation”, which is also … Continue reading →

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Three Blessed Events prior to the End Times

Posted on 3 December 2015 by Ron Conte

1. The Warning is an event predicted at Garabandal, through the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I believe that this event is the same as the first secret of Medjugorje. The Warning is also called the Illumination of Consciences. … Continue reading →

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The USCCB on Marital Chastity

Posted on 2 December 2015 by Ron Conte

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) teaches that all sexual acts outside of marriage are gravely immoral, and that within marriage each and every sexual act must be unitive and procreative (open to life). The official Catechism of the … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis on Fundamentalist Catholics

Posted on 1 December 2015 by Ron Conte

Pope Francis, returning from his trip to Africa, spoke to journalists on the plane. “Fundamentalism is a sickness that is in all religions,” Francis said, as reported by the National Catholic Reporter’s Vatican correspondent, Joshua McElwee, and similarly by other … Continue reading →

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