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Why do we call it the “passion” of Christ?

Today, on Passion Sunday, its reasonable to reflect on why we call Jesus’ suffering and death the “passion” of the Christ, when the word today is used to mean intense emotion for something or someone. Both meanings come from the Latin root ‘pati’, meaning to endure or undergo hardship. In ancient times this word was […]... Read More

Truth and Justice or Mercy and Compassion?

x – Truth and justice are paramount. y – No, mercy and compassion are more important. x – Mercy and compassion are meaningless without truth and justice! y – But truth and justice are incomplete without mercy and compassion! z – Gentlemen, gentlemen, stop arguing. You’re both right. Truth without love is shrill, and love […]... Read More
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54th Anniversary: Most Important Document of Our Times

July 25, 1968 Today is the 53rd anniversary of Humanae Vitae, the Church’s official response to the invention of the birth control pill. It gave a personalist touch to her constant unbroken 2000 yr. teaching on the moral status of contraception; which had been confirmed 38 yrs. earlier in Pius XI’s Casti Connubii. It was […]... Read More