Two days ago I was sitting in Mass when I noticed that in my Daily Roman Missal on the liturgical calendar, in the Latin Church, the first four saint memorials for the […]
Quick Lessons from the Catechism: The Witness of Martyrdom
Quick Lessons from the Catechism: The Ascension of the Lord into Heaven
Although the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord into Heaven is not celebrated on the Thursday of the 6th week of Easter, the traditional day from previous calendars, in most cities […]
Quick Lessons from the Catechism: Safeguarding Peace
Since today is Memorial Day here in the United States of America, I found it fitting to discuss what the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches on peace and the avoidance of […]
Quick Lessons from the Catechism: Sacramentals
Each morning as I wake, my brown scapular is either outside of my shirt or loosely hanging around my neck. This morning it happened to be outside of my shirt and as […]
Quick Lessons from the Catechism: ‘Respect for bodily integrity’
With the horrific news that we are reading on a daily basis about the 300 plus Nigerian girls kidnapped (#BringBackOurGirls) by a terror organization and the news coming out of Syria and […]
Quick Lessons from the Catechism: The First Commandment – False Gods, Divination, and No Graven Images
In light (or should I say darkness) of the recent news coming out of Harvard University regarding their Satanic Black Mass that is to occur on May 12, I found it fitting […]
Quick Lessons from the Catechism: The Importance of Work
Since today is the feast day of Saint Joseph the Worker, I wanted to briefly focus on the importance of work from the Catechism of the Catholic Church. I would also encourage […]
Quick Lessons from the Catechism: The Ecclesial Ministry and the Pope
With the Canonizations of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII, I found it fitting to discuss quickly what the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches on the ecclesial ministry and the […]
Quick Lessons from the Catechism: The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Now that we have officially entered the Easter Season, let us look quickly at what the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us about Jesus’ Resurrection from the Dead. Paragraph 647 states, […]
Quick Lessons from the Catechism: The Crucifixion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
From my first year in the Saint Ignatius Institute at the University of San Francisco, I knew the importance of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (abbreviated as CCC) because in most […]
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