Celibacy is always, shall we say, an affront to what man normally thinks. It is something that can be done, and is only credible, if there is a God and if celibacy is my doorway into the kingdom of God.
The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life."
It is sad that there are what you might call professional Catholics who make a living on their Catholicism, but in whom the spring of faith flows only faintly, in a few scattered drops. We must really make an effort to change this.
Those who with God's help have welcomed Christ's call and freely responded to it are urged on by love of Christ to proclaim the Good News everywhere in the world.
That Christianity gives joy and breadth is also a thread that runs through my whole life. Ultimately someone who is always only in opposition could not endure life at all.
A very good article on the apostasy of Catholics en masse, to a sort of freemasonry, comparing modern 'catholics' ignorance of the faith with many Muslims' ignorance of theirs:
Not unexpectedly, Cardinal Kasper's rather public act of rebel-rousing heresy has caused a lot of debate. Father Brian Harrison responds succintly about what is at stake, and Dr.
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