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Judge Anthony Kennedy's Replacement Amy Coney Barrett is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Let's pray that Justice Anthony Kennedy's successor would be  Judge Amy Coney Barrett  - US Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.   A Catholic and Pro-Life. Time to drain evil in Supreme Court Justice! "Dogma lives loudly within you!"  ( Sen. Dianne Feinstein to Amy Coney Barrett - Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals nominee) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

What Kind of Martyrdom Are You Preparing For? by  Fr Robert McTeigue, S.J. There's more than one way to give your life to Christ “What kind of martyrdom are you preparing for?”   That seems an odd question—for two reasons. First, it suggests there’s more than one kind of martyrdom—something other than submitting to being killed for the Faith. Second, in North America at least, it seems alarmist to urge Christians to prepare for martyrdom, as if Christians were being herded for slaughter as they were in ancient Rome. Let’s look at both issues. Strictly speaking , to be a true martyr, one’s blood must be shed unto death, by those who hate the Faith. More broadly speaking, drawing on  some sources  of  Celtic spirituality , some speak of  “red,” “white”  or  “blue”  martyrdom. According to this tradition, red martyrdom is suffering unto death undertaken for Christ; white martyrdom is a renouncing of the goods of the world for the sake of purity and self-control;

Here’s Satan’s simple plan to destroy Christianity in America CROSS PLAINS, Wisconsin, June 19, 2018 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Catholic blogger and American pundit  Matt Walsh  outlined in a recent speech Satan’s tactic for destroying Christianity in America. WATCH THE FULL VIDEO HERE Satan has two battle plans or “modes of attack” that he uses throughout history to attack Christians, Walsh explained in a  speech  delivered at St. Mary of the Pine Bluff Catholic Church in Cross Plains, Wisconsin on April 7.  The first is the “old school”, “blood and martyrs” persecution. “It’s very simple, very straightforward,” he said.  “Kill the Christians.”  Walsh told his audience that Satan is using this tactic on Christians who are being  persecuted across the world  on an “unprecedented scale.”  Although the media and the Church in the USA largely ignore it, “the reality is that the ground all over the globe is soaked in Christian blood.”  “A recent report tells us that C

Keeping Anti-Catholics Off-Balance By Trent Horn June 12, 2018 Once in a college psychology class we were discussing the harm of stereotypes in popular culture. The teacher was livid about stereotypes involving ethnic minorities being criminals, especially child abusers, but then she quipped, “That’s just not true . . . unless you’re a Catholic priest.” Everyone chuckled at the professor’s sleight against priests, but I raised my hand and said, “Professor, you’ve been telling us how bad stereotypes are, but you yourself have just promoted one about priests. Isn’t that a double standard?” The professor awkwardly tried to change the subject and eventually the discussion moved on to another topic. In his book, The New Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice , historian Philip Jenkins aptly describes this kind of prejudice: [A] statement that could be regarded as misogynistic, anti-Semitic, or homophobic would haunt a speaker for years, and could conceivably destroy a

You are the Salt and Light! "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.     “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.  ~Matthew 5:13-16 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

7 Ways to Honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus by  Sam Guzman “Behold this heart which has so loved men.” – Jesus Christ “Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, of its very nature, is a worship of the love with which God, through Jesus, loved us, and at the same time, an exercise of our own love by which we are related to God and to other men.”  – Pope Pius XII At the very center of Christianity is love. Love is the whole message, the whole law. Now, I don’t mean love in the sense of quickly passing infatuation or sexual attraction, two mistaken definitions of our confused culture, but rather sacrificial self-giving. In its essence, love is nothing more than laying down your life for the good of another. The deeper we grow in the Catholic and Apostolic faith, the more we realize that the gospel is centered not so much in  our  love for God, but in God’s love for us. Holy Church has dedicated the month of June to a devotion that is designed to remind us of the depth of

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in thee!

CAN WE LOSE OUR SALVATION? Q:  Doesn’t the Catholic Church teach that a Christian can lose his/her salvation?  Doesn’t the Bible teach differently? A common teaching among many Christian denominations is that once you have accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior, you are saved (i.e. going to Heaven), and that there is nothing you can do to lose your salvation.  This idea comes from reading passage like John 3:16 and Romans 10:9-18 in isolation and out of context, not considering how other parts of Scripture add to and clarify these verses, particularly those verses that teach that the gift of salvation can also be lost. So how does a Catholic best respond to this view of salvation?  The Bible is incredibly clear in it’s teaching that a believer certainly can lose his or her salvation.  In fact, I would say this is one of the clearest teachings there is in Sacred Scripture when it comes to differences between Catholic and Protestant beliefs. For starters, St John teaches that there i