87views 1shareThe rosary is made up of two things: mental prayer and vocal prayer. In the Holy Rosary mental prayer is none other than the meditation of the chief mysteries of the…
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1st Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians, chapter 1
37views 1shareHe reproveth their dissensions about their teachers. The world was to be saved by preaching of the cross, and not by human wisdom or eloquence. [1] Paul, called to be an…
On The Love of Jesus Christ For Us – Sermon of St. Alphonsus
236views 1shareSermon 4 ~ Fourth Sunday Of Advent ~ On The Love Of Jesus Christ For Us, And On Our Obligations To Love Him “And all flesh shall see the salvation of…
Gospel of St. Luke, Introduction
57views 1shareSt. Luke was a native of Antioch, the capital of Syria. He was by profession a physician; and some ancient writers say, that he was very skillful in painting. He was…
Obstacles to Consent (MT #12)
107views 1shareThe obstacles to consent are all those factors that take away or lessen the voluntariness of an act. Thus, the actual obstacles that affect the intellect are reduced to ignorance, spoken…
Kinds of Voluntary Acts (MT #11)
165views 1share A voluntary act is free or necessary, according as one can or cannot abstain from it. The vision of God in heaven is voluntary to the blessed, since they look…
Knowledge Requisite for a Human Act (MT #10)
298views 1shareKnowledge Requisite for a Human Act An act is human, or voluntary, when it is deliberately desired; and, since nothing can be deliberately desired unless it is known, an act done…
Acts as Human (MT #9)
90views 1share(Summa Theologica, I-II, qq. 6-17.) Human acts are a means to man’s Last End, inasmuch as they are meritorious: Labors that deserve a recompense (I Cor., iii. 8) Struggles that deserve…
Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, September 10
183views 1shareConfessor. Glory of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine, Saint Nicholas is one of the most miraculous Saints in the Church. But the greatest of his miracles was putting an…
Commemoration of Saint Gorgonius of Nicomedia, September 9
136views 1shareMartyr. Employed in Diocletian’s imperial palace, he converted all his companions to the faith. In the end, he and Doroteo, hanged and torn apart, their entrails split open and sprinkled with…
Saint Adrian of Nicomedia, September 8
208views 1shareMartyr. He was pagan; But he was fortunate enough to marry a very fervent Christian girl, Natalia, who converted him to the faith, and soon struggled for martyrdom, without separating from…
Nativity of Our Lady, September 8
166views 1shareCatholic Feast. “Your birth, oh Virgin Mary!, Was joyful news for the world; because from You was born the Sun of righteousness, Christ our Lord, who by destroying the curse gave…
Article 1: The Last End of Man (MT #8)
62views 1share(Summa Theologica, I-II, qq. 1-5; Contra Gentes, IV, cc. 1-63.) Existence of the Last End Every deliberate act proceeds from the will, and, since the will pursues good as its goal, it…
Our Lady of Guadalupe (Extremadura, Spain) September 6
217views 2sharesCatholic Feast. (This feast is not to be confused with the Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe of Mexico.) Among the famous sanctuaries that are raised throughout the Spanish territory in…
Saint Lawrence Justinian, 5 September
148views 3sharesBishop and Confessor. From an illustrious Venetian family, for the love of Christ crucified he renounced an advantageous marriage and all the delights of the world, to consecrate himself to God…
The Division and Order of Parts in Moral Theology (MT #7)
236views 1shareThe arrangement of his matter made by St. Thomas Aquinas in the Summa Theologica is admittedly unsurpassed and unsurpassable in the qualities that good distribution should have, viz., clearness, connection between parts, completeness….
Saint Stephen I, King of Hungary, September 2
147views 2sharesConfessor. Descendant of the barbarian Huns, he converted his vassals to Christ and marvelously raised the culture of his kingdom, which he consecrated to the Virgin Mary and made fiefdom of…
Commemoration of Saint Giles, September 1
116views 3sharesAbbot. He was an Athenian, of royal descent; Famous for his miracles, he moved away from his homeland to hide in a forest on the banks of the Rhone, where he…
Saint Raymond Nonnatus, August 31
259views 4sharesConfessor. He is called Nonnatus (non natus, unborn), because he was removed from the entrails of his deceased mother. From a noble Catalan family, the Blessed Virgin called him to the…
Saint Rose of Lima, August 30
122views 3sharesVirgin. The most beautiful rose that has sprouted on American soil in the first century of Spanish rule, is the Virgin of Lima, who deserved to hear from the lips of…