Feast of the Holy Family

EPISTLE (Col. III. 12-17.) Brethren, put ye on, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if any have a complaint against another; even as the Lord hath forgiven you, so you also. But above all these things, have charity, which is the bond of perfection: and let the peace of Christ rejoice in your hearts, wherein also you are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly, in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing in grace in your hearts to God. All whatsoever you do in word or in work, all things, do ye in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God and the Father through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Why does St. Paul call charity the bond of perfection?

Because charity comprises in itself and links all the virtues in which perfection consists. For whoever truly loves God and his neighbor, is also good, merciful, humble, modest, patiently bears the weakness of his neighbor, willingly forgives offences, in a word, practices all virtues for the sake of charity.

When does the peace of God rejoice in our hearts?

A Letter to the Ostriches

By Anna Von Reitz

Please note, this is a response to a specific blog post but applies all across the board to everyone saying and thinking that I am a "Vatican Agent" and all the rest of the disinformation floating around in cyberspace these days. 

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All this fraud began in the Middle Ages and with the ignorance of people at that time.  They thought the afterbirth was a horribly mis-shapen baby, a "monster" they called a "human"---- so they developed this whole superstitious practice of naming it after the living baby and baptizing it and giving it Last Rites and providing it with a Christian burial, etc., etc..  That is how it started, the history of it, and it is firmly recorded in the Summa Theologica so that is the truth of the genesis of the whole practice revealed--- but this is 2017.  We know what the "afterbirth" is.  There is no excuse on this planet for continuing any of those practices or presumptions.  

Another big fraud that we are still living with is "Peter's Pence" --- a tax imposed by the Medieval Church to pay for the expense of the Crusades which was levied on the income of parishioners and collected by the Inquisition every April 15. 

INSTRUCTION ON GOOD FRIDAY

From Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine's

The Church's Year

http://www.calefactory.org/books/goffine/goodfriday.htm

This day was formerly for the Jewish people a day of preparation for Easter, and was called by them the Parasceve; for us Christians it is the anniversary of the death and burial of our Lord who on this day, being Himself both High-Priest and Victim, offered Himself upon the cross for the salvation of the world.

Read about His passion and death, and what He has done for us here:

http://www.calefactory.org/books/goffine/goodfriday.htm

FEAST OF THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS

Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine's
The Church's Year
(Sunday after the Octave of the Nativity or January 2)

For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved.
St. Peter (Acts 4 v 12)

Read the whole article here:
http://www.calefactory.org/books/goffine/holynameofjesus.htm